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New Member
United States
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  Does not stick with magnet and I do not have the weight thing for coins but I do like to know the value of this 1978 penny! *** Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks promising, as long as it's not spray painted. We would need a weight (down to .00 grams) to determine if you got a winner...  to CCF |
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New Member
 United States
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Okay I'll go check it out tomorrow if I can and if it's a winner...or whatever I get I'll mgs you back as soon as possible and thank you! :)
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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To the Forum. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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To CCF! It might have been plated. Errers and Varietys.
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Moderator
 United States
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to CCF. Will need weight. Does anyone know if the mint made foreign coins for some country that year? Does not look like U.S. dime stock.I think it is a normal cent that has been plated. John1  |
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United States
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@Fjr, first welcome to CCF. Second, yes the weight of this piece will help us to figure out what you have there.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Agreed, I believe it's just been plated.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Most likely.  to the CCF! |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I know it sounds odd but it doesn't really look plated to me . Would love to know the weight .  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@T-BOP, that was my line of thinking and why I said "spray painted"...Hey guys,this may be wayyyyy out their, but what year was that aluminium cent minted? You know the one I'm thinking about?....Oh could it be?
@FelipeJr...how did you come about having/finding this cent?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The aluminum cent was 1974, so that's out.
I see lots of little dings and nicks to the obverse rim as well as a couple of other small dings to the obverse (Abe's cheek) that look like common circulation wear, but no toning to speak of.
It strikes me as unusual that any metal coin would be in circulation that long but not have any toning.
Also, it has the same weak steps as the regular copper strike, so at a minimum it was likely struck from the same dies.
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Valued Member
United States
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to the CCF! If you can get the weight for us, it will help to determine what you have. Without the weight, I'm going to say that it's been through a pretty good plating job. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The rim on the reverse looks suspiciously very similar to the rim on the Chinese made castings of US coins. The date is the only thing that doesn't make sense. Dan   |
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United States
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New Member
United States
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Thank for the welcome guys!
Went to the bank to do coins hunting and found this awesome 1978 penny and more but what I really like to know the value is and I still didn't weight it yet, gonna look up online to see if there any coins shop near me then I'll get back to you guys!
Is plated good?
Thank for the link @silver cent and @errors and variety
@panther very nice 1944 penny!
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