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Pillar of the Community
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Doesn't seem likely...but I received this back in change and it immediately caught my eye. It's the 2004 on the left:   |
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Pillar of the Community
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What makes you think it is fake? If you are pointing out the silver colored part......that is just the zinc core showing through after the road rash that coin seems to have received.
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Rest in Peace
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The one on the left is probably a Dryer Coin. The one on the right is a shiny new penny. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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what would anyone Counterfeit a Penny?
it would cost them 5-10 cents to make it!
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Pillar of the Community
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I didn't really think it was counterfeit but I guess with the copper layer removed it definitely makes the penny look funny. I appreciate everyone's help.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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looks like a damaged genuine coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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what would anyone Counterfeit a Penny?
it would cost them 5-10 cents to make it! Your assuming a counterfeiter knows that. Think of all the people that send in a $1 valued coin to a TPGS for slabbing and grading. How about the women that spend a fortune in fas in their cars going from store to store to save $0.10? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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how about the ones that counterfit the 09S VDB or the 14D or a few others?
Edited by dbrablec
09/08/2011 3:46 pm
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You are also comparing the old 2004 design to the newer 2010 design.
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Valued Member
United States
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Someone just gave me a 1976 D penny that is plated with something, it still weighs the same as a regular copper penny but is silver looking in nature. It's not painted either.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Someone just gave me a 1976 D penny that is plated with something, it still weighs the same as a regular copper penny but is silver looking in nature. It's not painted either. That is one of the lastest things smugglers do to get stolen Silver into the country. They simply plate coins with Silver and carry it as pocket change. the weight is due to the removal of some of the Copper first  Possibly it's one of the millions of coins kids play with in chem labs everywhere. |
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United States
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Here is one on ebay, listing number 280738031039 I've never seen anything like it before. The one I have is in much better condition than this one, I see it's not really worth anything which is fine, just curious as usual. |
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Pillar of the Community
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That is one of the lastest things smugglers do to get stolen Silver into the country. They simply plate coins with Silver and carry it as pocket change. the weight is due to the removal of some of the Copper first
Possibly it's one of the millions of coins kids play with in chem labs everywhere. It's been a very long day at work today... Thanks for that one Carl!  everything, those coins are "experiments" inside jr. high, and high school chem lab. Nothing more, nothing less. |
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