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New Member
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Hi all, new to the forum, and new to collecting. I took the best photos I could manage. I'll try again here if the photos are insufficient. First I have a Lincoln Penny. The obverse is nearly obliterated with nothing discernable except Lincolns bust. The reverse is sharp. The reverse has a raised lip on the rim for about one third of the circumference which made me think it was 2 coins pressed together at first, but the lip blends into the normal rim on the flat, so I'm thinking that it is just one coin atm. It is uneven thickness, with the narrowest being normal thickness and the thickest is +- one third of a mm that is the raised lip. What happened here?   Edited by Kaioti23
11/13/2022 6:22 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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the cent could be a capped die, the rough finish acid damage, and the tail blob from a die chip, which is not uncommon
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Best to address on coin at a time. Cent: Weight? If 3.11 grams, is the weight then it is a normal planchet, with a struck through a capped die issue. If the weight is less than normal it could be a different issue. But weight would be the most important information first. Dollar should be a different thread. (Weight also would be helpful on it as well on the new thread)
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New Member
 United States
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Ok guys. I don't currently have a scale, but am already intending to get one, and a good lighted loup, so I will weigh them when I can. I'll remove the Sacs, and come back in a new thread when I can weigh them. I'll also add the penny weight here when I can. Thanks.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Kaioti, looking forward to the weight determination. This is one strange cent!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Moderator
United States
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 ok, waiting on a weight for this one... |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Eager to learn the weight. Thanks.
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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to the CCF and  struck through capped die. |
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New Member
United States
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Alright guys. I ordered a cheap loup and scale (Fuzion) and calibrated it and weighed the penny 10 times, and 6 times it weighed 3.12g and 4 times it weighed 3.13g. The scale is pretty crap, but I crossed checked between each weigh with the 50g calibration weight, and that was the same (50.000g) every time.
Also, how much should a 1982 penny weigh? I have just weighed 5 1970s pennies that are +- 3.13, and a fistful of late 80s and 90s pennies that weigh 2.45-2.52, and I have two 82 pennies that weigh 3.10 and 3.08 respectively. No way they are both copper right?
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11/16/2022 10:55 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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to the CCF! |
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United States
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Copper cents should be 3.11 grams and the zinc copper plated cents should be 2.50 grams. The measurements you came up with are within tolerance. 1982 was when they changed over but have both copper and zinc core cents for this year. Congrats on the struck through capped die and to the forum! -makecents-
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