Help! Need To Identify A Coin 1930 Lincoln Wheat Cent / LWC

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SteveT New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 10/17/2023 11:16 pm Hi Everyone I have a 1930 Wheat penny. It looks like steel and is magnetic. It weighs about 3.2 grams. I am wondering if it is real and if so what is the approx value. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Steve * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * added date to title Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16843 Posts	Posted 10/18/2023 12:00 am Hello and welcome. I have moved your post to the Errors and Varieties subforum. Saying that, I'm reasonably confident that your coin has been plated, and is not an error. In 1930 there were no steel coins being produced in the US Mint. A coin plated with steel or nickel will still stick to a magnet, though perhaps not quite as strongly as a solid steel coin would. Do you have a 1943 steep penny that you can compare its reaction with a magnet to? My other evidence against it being some kind of mint error, is the circulation it has seen. A genuine mint-error steel 1930 penny would not have been in circulation for very long, before someone spotted it and took it out of circulation. This coin is quite severely worn, not to mention damaged. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74582 Posts	Posted 10/18/2023 12:07 am To CCF! Your coin has been heavily circulated, plated and scratched. PMD. It's real, but I don't think it's worth more than face value. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96935 Posts	Posted 10/18/2023 07:59 am what type of magnet did you use? One of them super strong neodymium ones or a normal one? This looks to have been damaged then plated. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 10/18/2023 08:32 am Agree, plated for sure. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189053 Posts	Posted 10/18/2023 11:07 am to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 10/18/2023 5:17 pm to the CCF and Report this Post to the Staff
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