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Valued Member
Canada
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 Trying to upload the front but did my 3 trys for today to crop so I have to wait till tomorrow now to figure it out.,1983 D Copper penny.
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Moderator
 United States
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@1983, first welcome to CCF. Second, can you please provide the weight, please? Thx.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What is your question?   to the CCF! |
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Valued Member
 Canada
139 Posts |
Hi,sorry I was trying to figure out this cropping thing and posted to quick,I'll be back tomorrow with the front but the weight is 3.08 according to my digital scale but luck like this just doesn't happen to me LOL so I'm buying another scale tomorrow.
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Moderator
United States
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@frog, I think that the op thinks that he's got a solid copper cent rather than a copper-plated zinc one.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Valued Member
Canada
139 Posts |
Hi,I think so,I've been out of collecting for 10 years and was on a website(won't say which one I got in trouble before posting website names and even a temporary ban,they said I was promoting)not even looking for coins but looking at a sellers goods for stamps and was scrolling around and saw this coin and saw the "tiger stripes" on in it and that's a copper signature,not 100% but a good sign I figured out trying to tell copper or zinc coins from pictures only(website pics)so I bought it with my stamp purchases from the seller and when it came I put it on the scale and it reads out as a copper,so I posted here(I was a member here for 10 years but that was a long time ago) to see if anyone knew about thick plated zinc planchets,I read they do happen because there is no way I have luck like this.I will post the front picture tomorrow and a pic on the scale but for tonight gotta go stuff to do.
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Moderator
United States
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Make sure that the file names are different when uploading on the same day.
The 'tiger stripes' you see on this cent is just a fingerprint.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Normal 1983 cent. Plating lines are very clear. No need here for scale.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
74153 Posts |
Looks like copper plated zinc to me.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Let us know. Thanks, Doug. |
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United States
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1983, |
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Valued Member
Canada
139 Posts |
 Hi,ya I was here as a member and active for years but with job and life stuff got out of collecting for a long time,found this penny a few weeks ago and it just got here and got me interested again,I have some cool coins and will post some,I'm in error coins only,need a new scale though I'll get one this week,have lots of prospect 82D and 83's I collected up that need to be done,I don't think the one I posted is copper either but the scale is reading it as a copper,who knows maybe,I'll be back this week,lots of winter yard work to do in the next few days so quite busy for a few days. |
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United States
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