1976 Penny D What Made It Look Like This

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Deez New Member United States 12 Posts	Posted 06/21/2021 12:52 am Here's a 1976 d penny it weighs 3.2, looking at it in one of the pictures look like the mint mark is doubled but why the color Report this Post to the Staff

Christian18 Valued Member United States 70 Posts	Posted 06/21/2021 12:59 am This looks like a plated cent. Report this Post to the Staff
Scuba1 Valued Member United States 356 Posts	Posted 06/21/2021 01:06 am My thoughts too. I would say it has been plated with something which has increased the weight above 3.11 grams, the normal weight for a copper Lincoln Cent. Report this Post to the Staff
silviosi Pillar of the Community Canada 6244 Posts	Posted 06/21/2021 01:09 am Better photos please and from the side also. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 06/21/2021 04:54 am Looks plated to me also. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
jasper62 Pillar of the Community United States 2189 Posts	Posted 06/21/2021 04:59 am No more pictures are needed. It is plated Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19142 Posts	Posted 06/21/2021 07:15 am Agree, plated. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 06/21/2021 07:29 am And just to be clear, plated after it left the mint so only worth face value. As to any sort of doubling on the mintmark, we will need a good close-up of this area to help confirm. "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
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21597 Posts	Posted 06/21/2021 07:51 am The mm can't be Doubled as it was hand punched that year. Also agree that it has been plated. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 06/21/2021 08:54 am to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 06/21/2021 11:14 am Looks like a real plating company plated this one. The process for chrome is a three step process. Thus when the last coat is applied, the coin looks like the proof coins, but the coin is altered. The use cents to plate to show what there finished examples could look like. (Even gold color is added as well for a different color.) Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 06/21/2021 3:19 pm Agreed, plated coin. Not a mint error, this is post mint damage ( PMD). Report this Post to the Staff
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