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Page 1 of 2 1 2 >   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 10-26-2007, 06:42 PM   #1 (permalink) hamman88 Coin Collector     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: FL Posts: 1,679 1943 zinc plated copper cent!! It looks like at normal 1943 steel cent, except at the points of heavy wear that go through the zinc plating and nornally show the steel core, this one shows that copper in underneath!! A rare copper 1943 cent, except zinc plated like the normal steel cents were! Or maybe it's not, maybe I did this? Who is smart enough to know how this was possibly done? __________________ The Young Numismatist Coin Club freepowerboards.com/yncc Last edited by hamman88; 10-26-2007 at 08:00 PM.   10-26-2007, 06:51 PM   #2 (permalink) paland Member     Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 48 I had one do this after an acetone dip.   10-26-2007, 06:56 PM   #3 (permalink) hamman88 Coin Collector     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: FL Posts: 1,679 But that IS copper. WHat you see is what it is. __________________ The Young Numismatist Coin Club freepowerboards.com/yncc   10-26-2007, 06:59 PM   #4 (permalink) hamman88 Coin Collector     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: FL Posts: 1,679 Makes you wonder if there are hundreds of these out there, undiscovered becuase they are unc. __________________ The Young Numismatist Coin Club freepowerboards.com/yncc   10-26-2007, 07:09 PM   #5 (permalink) rlm's cents Numismatist     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 6,862 My Mood: Have you tried a magnet?   10-26-2007, 07:27 PM   #6 (permalink) huntsman53 Supporter**   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Jefferson City, Tennessee Posts: 3,008 Scrub a dirty (not corroded) Zinc coated Steel with Easy-Off BAM using a toothbrush and the Zinc will turn to a Copper tone! Like rlm said, check the coin with a magnet! I check every 1943 Steel Cent that I get with a magnet just because of the very scenario that you are talking about (a Copper Cent coated with Zinc). Frank   10-26-2007, 07:59 PM   #7 (permalink) hamman88 Coin Collector     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: FL Posts: 1,679 It is copper, at least for a few atoms... I'll give a clue... single metal replacement reaction __________________ The Young Numismatist Coin Club freepowerboards.com/yncc   10-26-2007, 09:10 PM   #8 (permalink) clembo A closed mind is no mind     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Southern tip of that big pond known as Lake Michigan. Posts: 5,941 I will say this about that coin hamman88. IT'S REALLY UGLY! clembo Sorry, had to say that. __________________ A closed mind is no mind at all...   10-27-2007, 09:12 AM   #9 (permalink) Phoenix21 *The King Of Jokes*     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PA Posts: 8,924 My Mood: I think I have to go with clembo. How did you do it Hamman? Phoenix __________________ Working on becoming the next white rapper. Check out my fanpage here, and become a fan: http://www.facebook.com/pages/LaMast....2914404569..1   10-27-2007, 10:00 AM   #10 (permalink) hamman88 Coin Collector     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: FL Posts: 1,679 When iron is submerged in Copper(II) Sulfate the iron will dissolve and then be replaced with copper metal. __________________ The Young Numismatist Coin Club freepowerboards.com/yncc   10-27-2007, 01:35 PM   #11 (permalink) Coinlover The Coin Collector     Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Festus Missouri Posts: 3,088 thats actually pretty neat! __________________ Star Note Lookup   10-27-2007, 01:45 PM   #12 (permalink) hamman88 Coin Collector     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: FL Posts: 1,679 Copper sulfate goes by the name of septic system Root Kill at the hardware store. Speaking of science... this months Popular science say that steel wool is flamable and will light with a match, but what they don't tell you is that it will ignite with the touch of a 9 volt battery. It's so cool!!! __________________ The Young Numismatist Coin Club freepowerboards.com/yncc   10-27-2007, 02:06 PM   #13 (permalink) rlm's cents Numismatist     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 6,862 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by hamman88 Copper sulfate goes by the name of septic system Root Kill at the hardware store. Speaking of science... this months Popular science say that steel wool is flamable and will light with a match, but what they don't tell you is that it will ignite with the touch of a 9 volt battery. It's so cool!!! Try it in an oxygen rich atmosphere sometime. You will be amazed how fast it burns.   10-27-2007, 02:14 PM   #14 (permalink) hamman88 Coin Collector     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: FL Posts: 1,679 Quote: Originally Posted by rlm's cents Try it in an oxygen rich atmosphere sometime. You will be amazed how fast it burns. Yeah, I made a bellow from a old bicycle pump to help. __________________ The Young Numismatist Coin Club freepowerboards.com/yncc   10-27-2007, 02:22 PM   #15 (permalink) rlm's cents Numismatist     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 6,862 My Mood: No. I mean 50% + oxygen. 100% is better. It nearly explodes.   Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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