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Valued Member
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Just wondering if worth anything it has no cooper color at all..   |
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@hlw, rather than having been struck without a copper plating, I suspect that this cent has had the copper plating stripped off at some point after leaving the mint. As such, it is only worth face value.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Put another cent over the top of it to see if it is larger. It could be a Texas Cent. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Exposure to something after it left the Mint.
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I agree with above comments, (but on my monitor - it looks like a pale copper color.)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like there is zinc dust under the copper plating on both sides of the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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It looks very similar to an example on Error-Ref in which the plating "has been chemically (or electrolysis) stripped of the copper layer." Even though it has what appears to be plating issues, they are not. It could also be discolored plating, as others have said. Regardless, PMD, just a damaged coin. Error-Ref link. https://www.error-ref.com/un-plated_coins/-makecents-
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Pillar of the Community
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Technical term is copper plating. Very thin and applied after the blanks are cut out of the zinc core, so the entire surface is copper.
Cladding is a thicker layer bonded together, and the blanks are cut out of those sheets. The core layer is exposed on the edge.
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Thank you guys the only problem I had with it is it looks identical to my 1943 steel that's been setting for a while and took on different color. But I could also understand that it could be chemically induced even though I didn't find a single copper tone to it
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Still waiting for the size to tell if it is a Texas Cent or not. |
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Posted 11/24/2025 11:43 am
. Just PMD.
