1961 Lincoln Memorial Cent

2012 auction in Baltimore they had a planchet error 1961 dime planchet with the Memorial Cent and it weighed 3.1 gram like mine but I do not believe that is what my my coin I do believe my coin is made of cobalt and chromium alloy and possibly nickel thank you

 

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Where did you find that and is that on a magnet? I dont believe the surface was altered because the devices of the memorial and Lincoln are clean and sharp.

 

Why cobalt and chromium?

 

How about plated ...........

 

I stumbled across the coin cleaning up an estate with the company that I work for I've had it for about a year now and I've research almost every night trying to find the coin and I cannot find nothing on it everyone tries to say that is been dipped or plated and that is not true my coin weighs 3.1 grams I have went as far as burying it outside in the dirt for 4 weeks and then getting it back out and it still looks the same it has a little bubbles on the obverse and reverse side and I believe them are corrosion domes money is tight so I don't have the money to get authenticated I wish I did I'm trying to get someone to help me but no luck so far all I've gotten on this site is negative feedback about my coin but I keep posting it on here every month or so in the hopes that somebody will be able to help me, one day I will put it on here after it is authenticated and let everyone know that it is the real thing thank you sir you're the only one that has give me any positive feedback

 

Don't forget nickel also!
Don't you know that when the Mint runs out of Copper Planchets they use any other blanks laying around. Duh

 

Start saving up little by little. That's what I do. I save enough all year long to send about 12 coins in early January to NGC to have them attributed and graded
(If this is not a positive post then I don't know what is)

 

Im with paddyman98... get it attributed and i would recommend not burying that coin to see if it will corrode. Im sorry that you ran across some trolls in CT, but unfortunately they are everywhere.

 

It was plated. The experiment was done in numerous Chemistry Classes over the years. As a bonus, Kids got to take their "experiment" home with them.

As for the weight, it is important to have your scale calibrated and understand the accuracy and precision. You said it weighed 3.1 gms, so I am guessing that you have a balance that weighs to the nearest 0.1 gms. Even if it was accurately calibrated, your cent could weigh from 3.05 - 3.14 and still come up as 3.1 the balance.. In addition, plating only adds a small amount of metal to the coin.

Also, you said it had bubbles, which is a strong indication that it was plated

https://www.sciencecompany.com/Turn-Copper-Pennies-Into-Silver-and-Gold-Pennies.aspx

Hope this helps

 

I really hope that is not in reference to me or my other co-member friends.. Believe me, I am not any troll. So be careful in your statements.

It's just a plated Cent!

 

Maybe, just maybe, what you think is Negative feedback.. Is the truth

 

I was agreeing with you and not referring to you paddy, but i have read a lot of smug responses from others to new members especially in the "whats it worth" threads. And yes, i know that some of the new members can post elementary questions, but i had to learn how to walk before i could run. Hopefully we can embrace these new member's want to learn about our hobby.

I was referring to the internet as a whole being full of trolls and unfortunately i have seen a troll or two in CT. Duh

Doesn't come off as friendly to me.

 

Duh.. no (I myself have seen dozens of on CT over the years!)

Peace

 

I am thicker skinned.... but some people aren't. You will have to try harder if you want to be a troll

 

The question about the magnet was interesting and never was answered.

 

Nickel and Chrome are magnetic. If a coin is plated with one of these, it will be attracted to a magnet. This is actually a good way to confirm that the coin has been plated, since the US Mint hasn't used any magnetic planchets since the 1943 steel cents.

 

The u.s. mint is made coins from foreign countries and have used metals that are magnetic and it is possibly that error was done and and this coin was made I want you to look at the pictures this is the same coin I'm taking the pictures together and look at the different colors of them and yes it is fully magnetic or magnetized in about the surface of the coin look up seven different types of surfaces on coins

 

Your Cent is simply plated.

 

You are correct when you stated that the US Mint made coins for other countries. You are also correct that some of these were made from planchets that were magnetic. That indicates you have some advanced knowledge of numismatics. However, you failed to do some very simple research to support your claim.

I was able to find the following link in about a minute or 2 of searching the web. It is a table that shows coins foreign coins minted by the US mint.
https://minterrornews.com/foreign_coinage_production_figures.pdf
(it is at the end of this article if the link doesn't work https://minterrornews.com/news-5-13-03-foreigners_in_the_mint.html)

You can look through to see if there is a coin that meets the following criteria:
* Magnetic
* Minted in 1961 Date of your coin) or a year or 2 previous to that.
* Weighs 3.1 gms
* Is the same diameter as a US Cent (If it smaller, the coin would be weakly stuck and Your coin appears to be well struck. And don't forget, larger planchets won't fit into the striking chamber)

Let us know what you find.

To paraphrase the 14th Century Monk and Philosopher, William of Ockham "The simplest hypothesis is usually, the correct hypothesis". It was plated after it left the mint, more than likely in a HS Chemistry class.

 

I know the feeling I have posted numerous coins just to receive nothing but negativity and reasonings that dosent make any sense it appears only the experts are fortunate enough to find anything of value they spend alot of time debunking everyone's coins and it's a shame if you're like me this isn't your first BBQ and you know when you run across an oddity I say get it authenticated,that's what I have in mind for mine,then re post it and ask for apologizes from all the debunkers good luck you can see one of my posts 1964D wavy steps?