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Rest in Peace
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Rest in Peace
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Wow, the pix give it a copper hue but there is no hint of copper on the actual coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I would question this one. Usually if a coin has been copper plated certain years the coin has many bumps on it from the reaction of a poor rinse. Yours shows these bumps, but looks shiny and gray. Like it was plated over a copper previous plating. If the coin was an unplated coin the texture would be flat looking and not shiny. But that is just what I see. Another poster may have a different idea on your coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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I have seen 4 of these in the last couple of weeks. 3 of them I scratched through on the edge and found copper. The fourth one I don't see the copper when scratched so I don't know what to think. For me, seeing a bunch of these all of a sudden sends up a BIG red flag!
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Rest in Peace
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I forgot to mention that I did scratch on the edge & found no copper. BTW, the coin weighs 2.6 gms. Hockingzig, where did you find others like this one. Maybe on ebay for zillions of dollars ? Really, where did you find them ? |
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Edited by coop
08/07/2009 4:47 pm
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I found all of them roll searching. I think they were all post 82 except one so I knew that one was a fake. They all weighed out right but plating probably would not add a significant amount of weight. As I said, all but one showed copper and now I am really perplexed about the one that didn't. I would hate to send it back into circulation and be a real unplated planchet. If anyone knows of another non-destructive method for testing, please let me know.
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Pillar of the Community
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It's most likely nickel plated, but it's plated for sure.
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Pillar of the Community
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yep, no doubt that it is plated!
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These coins are turning up all over the place. I am finding mostly the gold plated ones though. People are finding out that the plated junk they bought off the HSN is worthless and the coins are ending up in rolls.
Thanks,
Bill
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