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I have a penny with a copper tone that weighs 2.9 grams . is it the rare penny  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 To CCF , You need enlarged photos of obverse and reverse . Does the coin stick to a magnet ? Could be a normal zinc plated steel cent and the copper tone that your seeing could be rust showing through . |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree crop and enlarge your images, showing both sides of the coin right-side up. to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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looks very obviously steel to me. It's rusting and a copper penny would weight 3.1 grams.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Isn't that weight too high for a steel cent? to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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A steel cent should weigh 2.72 grams. This one seems to be within mint tolerances or just over weight. A more accurate 0.01 or 0.001 scale might put it at a slightly different weight than this 0.1 range range scale. I really don't think it's a copper strike.
ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
Edited by Yokozuna
09/26/2020 2:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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looks very obviously steel to me. It's rusting  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Calling all metallurgists - does a rusted steel cent weight more, less or the same as a non-rusted one?
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Valued Member
United States
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The iron would combine with oxygen "because of moisture in the air" and form the molecules of rust, so it would (extremely slowly) gain weight/mass as long as nothing is disturbing it.
Definitely would need better pictures, seeing that there's plenty of fake copper 1943 cents around.
Edited by Grelko
09/26/2020 12:54 pm
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
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why is it that whenever on of these 43 copper cents shows up the pictures are always crap and the Op is always vague?
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Valued Member
United States
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I'm trying to figure out why it says the OP has 0 posts, when clearly they have at least 1.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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We need essential information to avoid fruitless speculation-does it or does it not stick to a magnet?
I am not sure why the OP did not report on the results of the most obvious and easiest test.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Given the photo, its a rusted steel cent--I have a few tubes of 'em which look very much like the one pictured--very much.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Wassup, OP? Magnetic or not?  |
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United States
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lol ., Magnet or what ? My Wheaties weigh 3 g ? Lincolns zinc 2.5 g
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Posted 09/26/2020 10:01 am
