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It was copper colored so it wasn't a dime planchet. It didn't look worn but it did look sorta pitted. I just can't see a coin losing that much weight in PMD, so I am thinking it was a light planchet. Has anyone seen this before and is it worth anything? I would show pictures but I made the mistake of throwing it into my copper hoard.  I am still looking for it around my sorting desk, hoping to find it, but I think I had a brain fart and forgot what it was. |
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By the way, in case someone doesn't know its suppose to weigh 3.11 grams.
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I don't remember. But it was not close enough to 82 to be a zinc if thats what your getting at. I remember because that crossed my mind. Probably 70 something.
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I found it.  Pictures coming.... |
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Your coin has suffered severe corrosion, pitting= metal loss. It is certainly possible to have a light planchet though, I own a 2.7g Wheatie. It is the 1954D on the right in both pics.   There is noticeable rim mushiness and the reverse has some weakness as well but it is otherwise visually unremarkable. I found it in a lot of 2000 wheats and it had a VERY obvious pitch difference when it plunked on my wooden desk as I tossed it aside. The sound of it immediately told me that I had something a bit different  I probably would have never discovered it if I had not heard it. Edited by biokemist6
04/25/2011 11:59 pm
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Out of curiosity, what made you weight that '78 LMC? |
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yeah I guess the pitting would do it. I just never saw a copper cent so corroded so I thought it might be something else. I can't think of where this cent has been to get pitted like that. bio, that 2.7 g wheatie is awesome! trent, before I put the coin in acetone, the date wasn't as obvious so I weighed it to see if its copper. Even though I could make out the 78, as I am kinda OCD about that...  |
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Posted 04/25/2011 10:14 pm
