Is This The 1979 D Aluminum Penny It Weighs 3.03 Please Help

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casper27 New Member United States 21 Posts	Posted 03/09/2020 07:49 am Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 03/09/2020 08:04 am Weight would indicate that this is a standard 1979 Cent, but zinc plated - probably in a high school science lab experiment. Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21656 Posts	Posted 03/09/2020 08:10 am If it was aluminum, it would weigh approximately .93g. Your coin is more than three times heavier. Report this Post to the Staff
hfjacinto Pillar of the Community United States 7293 Posts	Posted 03/09/2020 09:42 am There where no Aluminum cents in 1979. It can only mean it was plated and is worth 1 cent. My Slabbed Dansco 7070 with Gold Page My Slabbed IHC Set My Slabbed 20th Century Type Set Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 03/09/2020 11:08 am to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 75192 Posts	Posted 03/09/2020 12:12 pm Just a spender. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/09/2020 2:48 pm Someone was trying to create a mint error coin. But when they realized they failed. What did they do with it? Spent it! And you found it. Worth face value. Report this Post to the Staff
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