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Beverly88 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 10/20/2018 01:57 am Please help me. I am not a collector pro but coins facinate me. I came accross this out of luck. 1988 unmintted looks like silver almost perfect condition penny. * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * * Edited by Staff to crop and/or rotate images. Please crop and correctly orient images before uploading. This can be done with most built in software on phones and MS Paint on most PCs. You can also use the free image optimizer. * Report this Post to the Staff

Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73978 Posts	Posted 10/20/2018 02:06 am To CCF! What you have here is an artificially plated coin. This happened after it left the U.S. Mint, so it's considered Post Strike Damage ( PSD), and it's only worth face value. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Beverly88 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 10/20/2018 02:50 am Wouldnt plating it add to the weight? Report this Post to the Staff
Kawliga Valued Member United States 212 Posts	Posted 10/20/2018 03:21 am How much DOES it weigh? Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 10/20/2018 04:11 am to CCF. I agree it has been plated. Yes a plated coin will weight more,but such a small amount you would need a scale that at least goes to 0.001 or even better 0.0001. Check ebay sold third party slabbed missing copper plating,PCGS or NGC or ANACS to see what a real un-plated cent looks like. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 10/20/2018 04:30 am It has been plated. Probably : http://www.rsc.org/learn-chemistry/...=CMP00005974 Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 10/20/2018 09:07 am Quote: Wouldnt plating it add to the weight? Yes, but you don't know what it weighed before it was plated. It's preplated weight could be anywhere from about 2.4 to 2.6 grams (Mint specs). And some may be a little above or below that range (slightly thick or thin planchets) A typical plating will add around .05 grams to the weight. S unless you KNOW what a particular cent weighed before it was plated, weighing it afterward isn't going to tell you anything. Report this Post to the Staff
nss-52 Moderator United States 54280 Posts	Posted 10/20/2018 09:20 am Please explain what you mean by "unminted". Do you mean no mint mark? Do you mean no copper plating? What do you mean? Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 10/20/2018 09:57 am Report this Post to the Staff
SilverDollar2017 Pillar of the Community United States 8715 Posts	Posted 10/20/2018 1:40 pm Normal coin that has been plated post-mint. Damage, not an error. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188151 Posts	Posted 10/21/2018 12:57 am to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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