Very confused on 1973 Aluminum Penny

And should i take a risk and scratch at it to find what's beneath , surely if it's of value the scratch would mean nothing considering it's overwhelming worth to the gov and collectors correct?

 

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Try putting a magnet there it can help us see what its composition is if it sticks or not.

 

no try a magnet first otherwise it might damage your penny

 

Magnet had no effect on penny , literally no resistance at all i used a stronger one and a household refrigerator magnet.

 

Ok, I think I may have it figured out. Most jewelry stores weigh things in pennyweights or Dwt (1.5555g per dwt) if this piece weighed 1.9 Dwt it would put it at 2.95g. I'm betting they weighed it in pennyweights.

 

Good assumption , but i come from a edge of city/county town , and our pawn shop isn't the biggest or wealthiest , and the scale itself wasnt in the best condition , but i know it was in grams for sure.

 

Then I'm stumped. Could have been the scale... Pawn shop scales have been known to weigh "light" if you get my drift. The only reason I don't like the weight is that it doesn't match any known weights for aluminum or dime stock or anything....

Usually when they are really shiny like that, they have been plated... I've looked at hundreds of plated cents people thought were something.

 

And the pawn shop reopens at 10:00 pm today , shall i head back for another observance of the scale.

Would this penny be worth anything because a regular penny is copper correct , so if it was made of another matter , plated with another matter , infused with another matter , wouldn't it still be of worth itself. not 250,000 worth but anything more then .01

 

OMG I just read this all 3 pages

 

If it was minted that way it has value, if it was altered chemically or plated it was done post mint and it is worth exactly one cent.

 

I held a flame to it , did not change the color , and did not turn gold. I rubbed with a cloth afterward.

Im sure that out rules the chemical theory. But the plating theory still is in my head because I must remain skeptical to refrain from getting my hopes up. Wouldn't this weigh more if it was plated in the first place , like seriously make a difference if a regular penny weighs 3.11 and this weighs to my knowledge and first hand account (2.0 g) , wouldn't plating of it make it weigh 3.11 AT LEAST

 

Sucker like me Paddy........

 

Hook line and sinker....someone owes me one and a half minutes back to my life time.

 

What does the rim look like??

 

it's straight , one dent because i dropped it examining it.

 

Jewelry/Pawn Shop? I don't know if I'd trust their scales. Is there a regular jewelry store or maybe a WalMart jewelry department where you could get a second opinion.

Chris

 

Yes there is , I could see to it tomorrow but tonight i'm going back to the pawn shop at 10:00.

 

OMG Austin for god and country go to the grocery store....
Hand the lady behind the register 24 cents and your penny she will give you a quarter take the quarter and buy a gum ball! That way by the time the guy who owns the gum ball machine empty the machine , dumps the coins in a coin star machine, the man from coin star picks up the coins, the Federal Reserve recirculates the coins....I'll be dead and it will be another 50 years before this thread is reopened.

RIP Funny Money

 

"I held a flame to it , did not change the color , and did not turn gold. I rubbed with a cloth afterward."


You've done possibly everything (with possibly a few exceptions) that should never be done to a coin. If this coin is (were) be real, you've just destroyed it's value by doing so.

 

the gumball machiene and the lady at the register are only related by gumballs , your statement of "The federal Reserve Recirculates the coins" only applies to the quarter i exchanged my penny for 24 other cents for. You are irrelevant and a pessimist who denied me help when i needed it most.