1983 penny no mint mark

Started weighing all my 83 pennys came across one tgat weighs 2.68 grams would that be considered rolled thick planchet?

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

Cents can be within 0.13 grams +/- I believe. Yours is close enough to that. I would consider that within tollerance.

 

I with u ...just wanted a few opinions. Thanks

 

That is a little thick, but it is only 0.05 of a gram over. (half of a tenth).
That is assuming your scale is precise to those fractions of a gram.
No premium. 2.8 might be considered thick.

 

thank you for your now i know for future refs

 

Got a 62 copper penny thats 3.38 what about that

 

Scale is ONPOINT

 

That's only 0.12 off.

 

No premium either oh well

 

Now i know the max overs thank you for real

 

WHoops. Did my math wrong lol. 0.28 off.

Still, I don't think it is THAT much off to command a premium. Perhaps @paddyman98 would know more since he is quite the conniseur of errors.

 

so i might have a .50 pennylol

 

3.11 + .13 = 3.24 3.38 makes it .14 heavy.
Could be a thick rolled planchet. Take a photo of it on the side with some other cents.

 

What do you mean by your scale being on point? If you just turn it on it might read 0.0 or 0.00, but do you have a calibration weight you can put on to assure that the reading is correct? Most come with it in the case, but many do not. Here is a relatively inexpensive set. If you put on the 2.0 g weight and the 1.0 g weight and the 100 mg weight, it should show 3.11 g. If it does, your scale is accurate enough to discuss whether it is an error. They get out of adjustment or the batteries voltage goes down over time.

https://www.amazon.com/American-Weigh-Scales-Calibration-WGHTKIT/dp/B003STEJAC

 

I found a 1983 one cent with no mint the wt, 2.54 is that what I should be looking for

 

That coin is a normal copper plated zinc cent.