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New Member
United States
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I had this coin graded a while back. I have no idea it's value. What do you guys think? I see thick planchet wheat pennies going for a couple hundred bucks but they aren't proof. Is this as rare as I think? The coin appeared to be the thickness of a nickel before I sent it off to PCGS. Thoughts? *** Edited by Staff to Add Denomination to Title. It's very important to have in the title. *** |
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Valued Member
United States
301 Posts |
greeting AdamN, looking at a weight chart for that year is stated to be
2.50grm +- .100
2.40grm low side
2.60grm High side
Yours is .05 higher still. So I would say uniqueness adds a premium of sorts but this is not my strongest field so lets let the experts "weight in ?"
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
7174 Posts |
Boy .05 isn't that much out. I don't know what the premium for this would be.
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Valued Member
United States
301 Posts |
@Cujohn so given this being a Copper Clad coin,is it unusual to have the core...being zinc, out of tolerance. I would have to believe the extra thickness did not come from the cladding but from the zinc core. IDK  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7174 Posts |
Zincolns are electroplated with copper not clad. .05 is so small that I would think it could be either.
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Valued Member
United States
301 Posts |
Roger that, yeah sometimes I get caught up in the tribal language of others.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
6244 Posts |
I will intervene here about clad. Clad meaning it is union of two different materials by different processes. Electroplating it is a form of cladding. But I can say that it is better to name by the process denomination.
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Valued Member
United States
301 Posts |
you have a very deep understanding of metallurgical processes indeed.  |
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Moderator
United States
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By just glancing at the avatars, it appears like somebody is chatting with themselves.
But to the OP - nice cent. cool find.
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Valued Member
United States
301 Posts |
Never noticed that  I will change mine when I get a chance.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@DEAR: yes, but it is Co, Ne and me in the middle in Qc.
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United States
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Posted 06/18/2023 4:25 pm
