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1957-D Lincoln Steel Planchet

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Hello All,

Any help would be appreciated here as I've searched the forums and have not found anything quite similar. What do I have here? I'm torn between a genuine silver planchet and tampering. I do not know the weight as I just ordered a scale and it has not arrived. Thanks for any help!
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Given the photos posted, I'm thinking the coin was plated. An accurate weight to two decimal places would be fun to know--once the scale arrives..
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Just plated or some kind of high school chemistry experiment I'm afraid.

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Does it stick to a magnet?
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To CCF! Appears to have been plated. PMD.
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to the CCF!
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Haha I do not have too high of hopes for coin, given the man's character who left it to me. I suppose I will put it in the box with the "toned" Morgans.

However, I do find it interesting that it did not attach to a fairly strong magnet. I'm not sure who did what to this coin but I don't believe it is or ever was a real penny.

Thanks for the welcomes everyone. This place is neat.
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to the CCF Looks like a mercury rubbed cent.
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It's been electroplated with a thin layer of silvery metal, probably zinc since zinc is cheap and easy to plate. Alternatively, it could just be silver paint.

You can see a high point on Lincoln's collar where the plating has chipped away, showing the copper underneath.

It is, of course, illegal to deliberately plate a copper coin to make it look silvery, as it could easily be confused for a dime. A "poor man's counterfeit".
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