1993-D Lincoln Memorial Cent / LMC : Copper Removed Or Something Else?

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vonhinx New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 02/23/2020 2:52 pm I was wondering if someone could take a peek at a coin for me. I did a search of these forums (and Google in general) and it looks like there is some at home process for removing the copper coating from recent mintage cents that are copper coated zinc. I have had this cent sitting in holder for probably 25+ years but I didn't know what it was. My only reason that it might be something different is that it is highly reflective . . . almost mirror-like. I don't know if heated zinc keeps this when the copper comes off. None of my 1943 pennies are this nice. Take a look, four pictures: one obverse, one reverse and one taken in the sun to try to capture how reflective it is (it is very out of focus, but you can see the blue sky and the darker edge of my roof). The fourth picture shows an odd pattern on the background, that might be what happens when the copper is removed. Thanks for the help! Report this Post to the Staff

vonhinx New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 02/23/2020 2:54 pm Forgot two additional notes: 1) It is not magnetic. 2) I don't have the ability to weigh it . . . and I suspect the cost of a scale vastly exceeds the value of this coin. Report this Post to the Staff
CherryPicker1 Pillar of the Community United States 646 Posts	Posted 02/23/2020 3:56 pm It appears to be plated because of how reflective it is. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34442 Posts	Posted 02/23/2020 4:19 pm Yes I agree with the @cp1 that this coin was likely plated (over the normal copper plating) rather than stripped to reveal the zinc core. "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 Report this Post to the Staff
CoinHunter27 Pillar of the Community United States 5887 Posts	Posted 02/23/2020 5:24 pm Plated. Not much of a premium for this. Keep hunting! -CH27 Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage Edited by CoinHunter27 02/23/2020 5:24 pm Report this Post to the Staff
vonhinx New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 02/23/2020 9:35 pm Thanks folks. I think it will remain in my collection just because it is pretty, but now I can make a note of what it actually is. Report this Post to the Staff
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1993-D LMC: Copper Removed Or Something Else?