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The content was/88% copper 12% nickel until 1864 when it became bronze, 95% copper 5% tin, zinc and manganese.
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Ok good to know I saw it listed and I did some research I saw the copper nickel but never actually saw what they looked like. So that's a standard penny from 1859 so they are a little wider and a little thicker? This is why I posted everything I find so I can learn all this thanks crazy
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So that's a standard penny from 1859 so they are a little wider and a little thicker? I think that the diameter was the same for the early years (1859-1864), but yes the thickness was greater. Your 1859 coin should weigh close to 4.6 or 4.7 g and your 1896 coin should weigh close to 3.1 g. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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That's is someone's that they are selling but I check here before I buy anything.
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Good idea. Both of them look like they circulated a great deal. Check ebay sold to get an idea of similar sold pieces. |
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They were selling it as an Indian pressed on a nickel super rare lol so I searched IHC struck on nickel planchet couldn't really find anything so I posted here and I got my answer like always thanks guys |
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I never even thought to just look up the penny  |
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I never even thought to just look up the penny That makes "cents" ....   We all miss the obvious, now and then .... been there, done that, myself! Edited by ExoGuy
10/20/2017 07:54 am
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Yep, always happy as in this case to give our "two cent's worth"!
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The early CN cents were thicker, but not wider, than the subsequent bronze issues.
Edited by Coinfrog
10/19/2017 3:52 pm
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As an aside, actual 5-cent nickel coins didn't appear until 1866. For a wrong-planchet error to be produced the incorrect blank planchet would have to be available and that wasn't the case in 1859.
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That's just what he said in his post I'm just getting into collecting and need to learn the ropes is why I bring everything to the ccf before I buy you guys help me out
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>As an aside, actual 5-cent nickel coins didn't appear until 1866. For a wrong-planchet error to be produced the incorrect blank planchet would have to be available and that wasn't the case in 1859. *** Edited by Staff to add Quote tags. [quote][/quote] Please use them in the future. ***To be pedantically correct, 5-cent nickel planchets were available in 1865 (when some patterns were made). But Jaobler's answer is otherwise correct. |
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