1997 unusual penny

Did I forget to mention it weighs as much as a nickel 5 grams

 

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If acid treated it would weigh less

 

Oh yea it weighs 5 grams of acid cleaned it would weigh less, now genius what your explanation for that?

 

This coin weighs 5 grams , a regular cent weighs 2.5 grams if it is zinc ,if it was altered it would weigh less not more

 

Ok ok.. I understand you now. The guy that always wants to have the last word. Go ahead.. Continue living in your misinformed universe.. So sad

 

A Nickel weighs 5 grams, if it was struck on a Nickel planchett that is , would explain it

 

No I am as smart as you but seems to me I read more than you do, you spit facts without the true back up of them, the mule Cent was I repeat never proven to be a fake period!

 

Hey genius.. A nickel planchet will not fit into the chamber used for striking a Cent Planchet........think about it!

 

And don’t tell me at the mint that a single planchett couldn’t be the only one in existence, people are wrong about that, it depends if it was done on purpose or not!

 

No put a penny dye could be used instead of a nickel dye genius!

 

Like I said it could have been done on purpose, we neither one work for the mint so there you have it

 

Die.. Not dye

 

You know what I mean and autocorrect on my phone likes to correct I need at times!

 

Crap.. Listen to yourself! If it was done on purpose then it's a fake! Mint Assisted! Not a true Mint Error!

 

Anyway thanks for your input!

 

Well if it come from the mint, it is a error why because on purpose or not it was manufactured by the government

 

If I were you, I would turn that bad boy in to PCGS and pay for every last bell and whistle they have! Don't waste ANY expense!

 

If it was struck on a nickel planchet with cent dies in a nickel collar it would be the size of a nickel.

 

Wow.. What an enlightenment. I never thought of it that way! Thanks you're a genius!

 

Boss4070. You say it weighs as much as a nickel, please what is the actual weight as shown by the scale and compare to the weight shown by a normal nickle out of your change.
The reason I ask that is that many people have an inexpensive scale and they are sometimes off.

2. Could you set the cent on top of a nickel , so we can see how much larger it is as no diameter has been given, and that indicates what could be handled by a cent 'press'.

3. If it does weigh as much as a nickel and is larger than a cent, please check it with a magnet.

Contrary to most others, If it is as you describe, I feel it is a ' off metal' copy of a cent but in a larger size to prevent copy designation on it. And the portrait doesn't look right to me.

My reasons is that there is no acid that would remove the surface and leave a zinc showing. Acid strong enough to do that would leave a bubbled surface as the hydrogen gas was released from the reaction.

Arguments over things all can't see do not get anywhere.

And as you say, you have it in hand and we do not, so you might find someone who can answer your concerns when they have it in hand. Jim