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This is not an unplated cent. How can you tell? Note the rough texture on the fields. The plating was there and then it was recoated leaving the bumps that were under the first plating of copper. That gives it away. Also the fields should be smooth and show light cart wheels.  |
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How does that Happen coop? if I scrape this coin will I find copper?
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02/06/2017 10:50 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I think what you have is simply a damaged cent covered in black crud. Spender.
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Actually this is a damaged coin covered in black crud you still see the copper I would have to go with coop on this one . Still a spender or I may just keep it as an example thanks for the replies !  |
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Actually, they remove the Copper plating to show the Zinc core.
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Thanks guys for the clarification ! It's crazy what people do to coins , I would have never guessed that . So much to learn !
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Bedrock of the Community
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Check youtube, you can find videos of these kinds of alterations with heat and chemicals.
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Now I'm half tempted to heat it and see if the zinc and copper will mix and turn to brass . I need to get scales so I don't make these silly mistakes , if I had scales I would have weighed it and found it to be too heavy , and again everyone thanks for the lesson and new knowledge !
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02/07/2017 11:24 am
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Potbelly, I was just thinking the same thing! There was a quickie two minute video on YouTube that showed plating of the cent on a hotplate. After the zinc was on it, he just set the coin on the hotplate until the zinc color was gone. It looked a coppery red at that point, but ended up a brassy gold after the quenched it in cold water. Just be careful if you do it over a stove. It's possible to melt out a zinc core and have it drop onto the burner, making a mess.
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I don't think that coin is altered at all, just damaged.
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The coin's copper coating was removed outside of the mint. There are many, many examples of this alteration out there. Classic example.
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