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Henrydfain6607 Valued Member United States 62 Posts	Posted 11/18/2019 01:36 am I thought all pennies were supposed to be 3.11 or so before 83.how come I got a 74 and 79 penny that weights 3.0 and 3.1. * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Edited by Henrydfain6607 11/18/2019 02:03 am Report this Post to the Staff

spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 11/18/2019 03:49 am 3.11g is the target weight. Manufacturing them allows for fluctuations. Some planchets may be thin and underweight and others may be thick and overweight. Yours is slightly underweight. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 11/18/2019 05:01 am Mint tolerance is +/- .10 grams starting in 1982 on the copper plated zinc cents and .13 grams before 1982 on copper cents. Also sometimes circulation wear makes them a bit lighter. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6514 Posts	Posted 11/18/2019 10:14 am Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Report this Post to the Staff
CitationSquirrel Pillar of the Community United States 1026 Posts	Posted 11/18/2019 10:39 am Margin of error + wear (my poetic side comes out ) Report this Post to the Staff
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