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mlmouton Valued Member United States 75 Posts	Posted 08/31/2010 11:58 pm Why is my cent silver? It's larger than my 1999 cent too! Report this Post to the Staff

numismo Rest in Peace United States 3039 Posts	Posted 09/01/2010 12:48 am Kinda looks like the 1943 zinc coated steel cents. Maybe someone took off the copper plating with acid (probably nitric). Report this Post to the Staff
Zombieswat New Member United States 42 Posts	Posted 09/01/2010 12:59 am What makes you think this is silver as opposed to just dirty or oddly toned? It does look interesting, there's something about it that looks a little funky, I'll give you that Report this Post to the Staff
mlmouton Valued Member United States 75 Posts	Posted 09/01/2010 01:03 am The coin looks kind of like my 1943 coin, except the reverse has more of a green cast to it. Yes it is bigger. The wear and gouges show no copper either. Edited by mlmouton 09/01/2010 01:10 am Report this Post to the Staff
Zombieswat New Member United States 42 Posts	Posted 09/01/2010 01:04 am And it's bigger than a normal cent?... Weird. I'm gonna say fake? But I could be wrong. Maybe some sort of error but if it was on a nickel blank it would be even bigger instead of just slightly bigger Report this Post to the Staff
Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 09/01/2010 01:12 am Or possibly a science project of some sort. Are those bubbles below AMERICA? Or creepy morse code die chips that spell "NIQ"? Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 09/01/2010 09:35 am Texas Cent made by pounding between pieces of leather. For some reason every one of them I have seen has also lost its copper plating. I don't know if it is related to the pounding or if it is deliberately stripped off because the breaks in the plating would be obvious. What is surprising is that they don't copper plate them afterward. It would make them even more convincing. Report this Post to the Staff
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