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Echo1711, Your coin sure looks like a copper plated zinc core to me. You need to buy yourself a scale that goes down to 0.001 grams,they do not cost all that much. John1  Edited by John1
01/24/2023 7:46 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Very nice DD. Great find.
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Valued Member
United States
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Great eye to catch that!! Attractive coin!
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New Member
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I just re-read my post. I left out the word NOT!! It is zinc, not copper. Sorry about that. #129318;#127995;
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Pillar of the Community
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In any case it is a nice Doubling and damage is not cooper. I will like to see one with doubling. For me is a gorgeous coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Wow! Nice find! Congraulations   How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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That is very cool!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Silviosi, are you saying 200 million copper 1983s were released into circulation? If that's the case, why would the specimens that sell at auctions go for $ 23,000
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@CU: I sad that West Point deliver 200 mill to Philadelphia to be release and complete the required production. Do the release all? or just a fraction and the balance in the vault and later been melt. We has not to forgot that in 85 and 83 the Cu price was sky-rocket and for the mint to release all was lost in profits. Any way the Cent production it is not a super good business for them. Example: 1000$ cents coins cost 826$ to produce. It is around 0.0078 cent a coin and if we compare with the quarter which cost 0.038 cent to produce you can understand why the probably do not release full stock.
So me I can not say 100% those coins was release. But 100% was ship from West Point to Phil. for the production to be fulfill.
Do you know that on 1 December 1981 the CPZ production start? Do some of the blanks in CPZ pass by mistake on the 1981 production? Could be because the new presses for CPZ was installed in the begin of the November 1981.
CU I like the designs varieties and also I study the Mint History and theirs variations on the way they develop and function. Hope help not only you but the others also.
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Valued Member
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Gratz. A DD is always nice to find.
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Congrats on a great DDR find! Even though the condition is rough, the doubling really pops on this coin. The split on the base of the memorial is awesome. "Pride is yoked with callous behavior, as humility is with compassion." St. Gregory Palamas Top Finds - 1969-S 1c FS-101 http://goccf.com/t/477681 1976 D WQ FS-101 http://goccf.com/t/382777 - 1968 D 1c FS-801 http://goccf.com/t/422254Cool clashed dies - 1972 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/429855&SearchTerms=CCLStruck-In Rim Burr - 1969 S 1c http://goccf.com/t/425587&SearchTerms=burrFloating (Type II) Counterclash - 1978 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/434991&SearchTerms=1978 |
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There is very little copper on a copper plated cent. I do not see the mint "melting" copper plated zinc core cents. Are there government records for this time period? A link? John1 |
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Excellent find, congrats!
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Posted 01/24/2023 7:49 pm
