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Well, it seems I don't have the real thing here but I hold onto this coin with my dear life. I received this coin as change at the airport... Now I've been doing some reading in regards to coins coated with different compositions and would like your thoughts. I'm almost 100 percent sure this is a counterfeit. But an exciting find that drives us all to keep checking our change. :) Thanks, Gula        |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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United States
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Wow! Amazing. Hopefully the Lincoln Cent experts will weigh in. Truly incredible find, if real. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I was thinking it must be zinc-plated copper but then I thought it should weigh a little more than 3.11g. Definitely not a '43 planchet. I don't know.  Interesting find.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Canada
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 I'll have to wait for the experts  |
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Thanks, though I do not think it is real. It's a novelty I hold on to motivate keep searching... :)
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United States
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to the forum! 3.11 grams is the ideal weight for a Copper Lincoln Cent. Your coin cannot be Steel if it isn't magnetic and it weighs too much to be Steel, which I think should weigh 2.7 grams. Many cents from various years got a silver colored plating and were used in jewelry. That is most likely what you have. Happy hunting! |
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Looks like the '45 I have, but mine is actually coated with a steel alloy, is slightly magnetic even. Same goes for my "steelie" 1961D...or the copper '43D, a quite "attractive" coin...  Edited by Crazyb0
01/28/2017 12:57 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Even the slight wear through the coating, will probably show copper underneath. If it were Steel, it would be a strong magnetic attraction and the weight would be 2.7. But I agree with the coated, circulated normal copper coin. Here are the weights for coins:  |
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United States
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Looks like the '45 I have, but mine is actually coated with a steel alloy, is slightly magnetic even. Plated with nickel, which is magnetic. There isn't much nickel there though so it is only slightly magnetic. |
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Conder101, thank you for that bit of info, always thought it had to have been some mix w/steel. But I'm a bit confused, (or maybe just fused...) why aren't nickels, except the Canadian chromes, sticking to my magnetic wand? I pick rolls of steelies up with it but my buffalos just lay there? You got me curious, now I gotta research this!  Well I'll be a monkey's uncle your right, sure enough is. Sorry can't paste link I read with this tablet, but nickel is one of the few ferromagnetic materials around. It did say tho, that even with 25%/75% nickel/copper composition, they don't react to magnets, whereas clad dimes and quarters do somewhat move... Edited by Crazyb0
01/28/2017 1:10 pm
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Pure nickel is highly masgnetic but it loses that property when alloyed with more than about 8 - 12% of another metal.
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