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I know its real Sorry for my bluntness but no you don't. You've obviously never weighed it since you keep ignoring that question. So you can't possibly know it's real. You assume it's real because of a cool story. The odds of this assumption being correct are infinitesimal. Edited by scubu
11/28/2010 11:20 pm
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sorry when I reposted it here I put the wieght but when the moderator moved it it covered the one I put here with the old one it weighs .956, how ever I'm using a old scale from my brother inlaw, I will take it to a coin shop this week.
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bherring the pics are sent, shoot me a call
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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All of the 1974 aluminum cents were minted with the large date dies. This one is a small date. It's not one of the aluminum cents. Sorry. What you have is something else, and it appears to have been soldered to something.
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This is why I wanted you to post it in the modern error forum. Chucks knowledge in Lincoln Cent errors and varieties is  swcoin.ecrater.com
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Stick the magnet to it,,and see,,,
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Pillar of the Community
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the penny was prob soldered with a torch
the heat cuases a silver film to develope over the entire coin
the last pic you posted it just looks like a regulat copper cent
I bet it was used in jewelry soldered to a belt buckle or earing then plated silver
what coppercoins means is the " thick date thin date " large small
two diff styles of numbers were used in the year if 1974 to mint cents
the alum used the large date numbers
yours is a small date , sorry your not gonna be richer today then yesterday LOL
just the way it is
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Bedrock of the Community
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The interesting thing is the weight of this piece. It is almost exactly the weight of the 1974 Aluminum cents.
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Stick the magnet to it,,and see,,, That's not going to tell him a whole lot! Definitely looks like solder - it's a shame too since it's from the right part of the country. |
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I have a few off metal strikes from countries other than the U.S. A small proportion of these are mint errors, rather than patterns. Most are silver proofs, where the the original coin would have been base metal.
Question: Did the U.S. mint have a contract around that time for minting coins for another country?
The post mint damage reminds me of a cuff link mount.
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Pillar of the Community
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to athencate the cent the story goes like this
" mom mama was sleeping with a congressman , while he was in the bathroom cleaning up to go home to his wife , my mom raided his wallet and pockets looking for money , found some change "
I mean lets be real , you have researched the cent online and know how and to who they were given to
anyone can have a story , its just that a story
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Didn't we see this "I found a 1974 aluminum cent" story about 4 - 5 months ago?
Is it being re-released AGAIN so soon for a Christmas present?
Or is this a sequel?
Edited by okiepb
11/29/2010 4:31 pm
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okiepb, I was thinking the same thing, dejavu
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