1995 Penny Struck on Wrong Planchet ?

He is. Stop looking at YouTube videos and chasing unicorns! The coins are made of zinc plated with copper and the plating has been removed. Kiss!

 

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Everyone always thinks that because a person owns a coin shop that makes him an expert.

 

I imagine u own a coin shop to

 

No body knows exactly what the coin is made of u can only assume

 

No, you can theorize. How did your dealer look at this coin? It is zinc, unless you do a spectral analysis and prove otherwise it's made of zinc. I don't have to prove anything.

 

Well the question is how do u determine what the coin is my coin dealer is a well known coin dealer in 2 states he knows what he is talking about so I trust his opinion

 

Again, how did your dealer look at the OP's coin?

 

How do u since u got all the answers

 

Don't you have a bridge to crawl under?

 

And here I thought u and I were starting to become friends

 

It is a fair question, how did your dealer look at the coin? Do you know the original poster?

 

Once you study and understand the minting and die making process, you'll easily see how ridiculous it is to insist that this coin is aluminum. Take your research one step further and check to see if the mint made any aluminum coins for other countries. You'll find they did, but they were struck in San Francisco and the last 100% Aluminum coin was made in 1974.

BTW: Links to all of this info is in the CT archives

So let's look at the info.

• 1995 cents were minted on copper plated zinc planchets
• The copper plating is only a few mils thick and can be removed using a variety of chemical techniques. Many have been posted on CT.
• If you're scale shows that your coin has no weight, either it is not working correctly or there are some serious operator errors. You may want to check with a local HS science teacher for tips on how to use a balance correctly
• The odds of it being struck on a foreign aluminum planchet are astronomical given the information above.

To paraphrase the 14th Century Philosopher, William of Ockham, the simplest explanation is usually the correct explanation.

Regarding the coin dealer who told you it's aluminum, I think there are 2 possibilities, he either believes it's aluminum, in which case, he has proven he knows very little about numismatics and is likely to be out of business soon, or he is telling you what you want to hear so you'll quit bothering him. Take your pick.

Why don't you ask him if he wants to buy it from you, or better yet, ask him to send it to a TPG to be authenticated. It will cost you about $50+ to do this, but if by some act of God, you are correct, the coin will be worth a lot more than the fee.

I'm sorry, but by arguing your highly speculative theory without any relative facts, with helpful people who have demonstrated knowledge and experience on numismatic forums, doesn't give you much credibility. It's too bad, but my guess is that you've probably alienated many of them and won't be getting much help in the future. A great learning opportunity squandered

 

Then why are you here asking us questions?

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Dude, the coin is D-A-M-A-G-E-D.
Not a foreign planchet.
Not an off-metal.
Not wrong thickness.
Not a wrong-stock specimen.
Not an Error at all.

Any dealer who tells you otherwise is an ignorant, undignified ruffian and a numismatic charlatan.

 

What he said!

 

It's not aluminum don't be ridiculous.
Agree with JCro's last line about dealers.
However, it has been my experience here is that people will SAY a dealer said such and such in order to give their troll argument validity, when in fact no such thing ever occurred.

 

Bingo!

 

Push where the scale says "UNIT". It should change the unit of measurement.

 

Boy u guys are dogging on all these coin dealers but here u guys are just coin collectors