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Ok, well neither copper nor silver will be attracted to a magnet. Much more likely is that this copper cent was nickel-plated at some point as this will metal is weakly attracted to magnets. Unfortunately, this destroys the numismatic value of the Wheat cent. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Pillar of the Community
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 to the community!1  with spence, it's plated, but more likly in heavy steel. |
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It's been artificially plated. It's Post Strike Damage ( PSD), not an error. There's no added value, it's only damage. Errers and Varietys.
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Plated with nickel - nickel is highly magnetic!
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and let everyone know that nickel is very magnetic. Anyone have pure nickel coins? I'm sure many do. Coins that are nickel plated exhibit a much lower level of magnetism, as would be expected. I don't know of any steel plated coins.  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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1953 Steel Lincoln Wheat penny
Got in a roll I bought off ebay. Does anyone know if this is real? It weighs 3.11 and sticks to a magnet. Please I need details. VALUE?  |
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Just a plated coin. Not steel. If you put a magnet over this coin, and then over a 1943 steel cent, you will see the big difference. While the plating may show an attraction, the steel coin will leap to the magnet. Just an altered coin. Someone trying to create an error coin. (Also a Steel cent only weighs 2.7 Grams. A normal copper coin is 3.1 Grams. Yours is 3.2, the weight of the a normal cent with plating on it.
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05/17/2019 8:42 pm
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Good question, keep asking.  to the CCF! |
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To CCF Anitapeeler! I agree that it's been plated after it left the U.S. Mint. It's Post Strike Damage ( PSD), not an error. Errers and Varietys.
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it's plated, but more likly in heavy steel I don't think it is possible to steel plate something. Steel is iron infused with carbon. If you tried to plate something with steel you could get the iron to plate onto the object, but how do you get the carbon to "plate"? It doesn't behave the same way a metal would. (You might be able to use Gaseous depositing to create a steel by vaporizing both iron and carbonand having them deposit on your item at a roughly set ratio. |
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I have a 1952 cent that is magnetic and weighs 3.2 and it's a beautiful specimen of a plated coin. Spruett is right, nickel is slightly magnetic and with a strong enough magnet you can wave it over silver and it will move.
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