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Valued Member
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New Member
United States
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Weight is the only way to tell I think bronze is what you want over 3 grams zinc is not 2.5
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New Member
United States
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Any digital scale that has grams can let you know if your in the ball park or not.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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It's a 1982-D ZN SD you want the 1982-D CU SD
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Make a scale. It is simple. Take any popsicle or icecream stick and a pencil. balance the stick on the pencil. Lay a pre 1982 cent on one end of the stick and your coin on the other end. If they balance, yours is Copper. All cents made prior to 82 were Copper. If your pencil is multi sided it is easier to balance the stick.
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New Member
United States
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Thats some macgyver stuff right there carl awesome
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Please learn to post your pics right-side up!   to the CCF! |
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Please learn to post your pics right-side up! Yes,please crop and rotate photos properly before posting. Use the preview to fix any problems before final post. I see no reason to make a popsicle stick scale when you can buy a decent digital scale for less than 10 bucks. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Any digital scale that has grams can let you know if your in the ball park or not. Should be grams to at least one decimal point. If it is just even grams, both a copper or a zinc will show as 3 grams. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes, 1982-D SDZ. No need to weight, I can tell it's zinc.
Edited by BadThad
06/04/2019 5:27 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yup, clearly zinc from the photos. Also the ring test is fast and reliable once you develop your ear for it.
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Valued Member
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Thanks everyone Just Carl awesome idea clever and sorry about the picture not being right.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The surfaces show a LOT of plating bubbles so it is zinc.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Definitely the Small Date Zinc cent.
Errers and Varietys.
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Posted 06/04/2019 07:28 am
