I bought this coin on Ebay. I would like to know if this is really a double s/s penny. This penny almost has a blue hint to it also. I would like to know if this is real or fake. It is magnetic just like all the other steel penny's. It is in great condition. Almost to good to be true. Thank you for your time!
Can't tell from your pics if it is s/s, but it does look re-processed. If the edge is the same color as the faces, it's reprocessed. The blanks were punched from zinc plated steel stock. The edges were not plated. Sort of like the clad coins of today.
Yes, it's hard to tell from those pics whether it's an S/S (i.e., a "re-punched mark," or, "RPM," that's the terminology you want to use, there), and, the coin very definitely is plated. You tell that, among other things, by the freakish way the light sits on the coin. In fact, even on a clearer view, the RPM issue may be clouded by the plating (i.e., hard to nail down for the plating). I hope you didn't pay much for this. Suffice it to say, I have quite a few examples of these in my collection, too. Keep it, as I do, to show you what to avoid. These plate-jobs don't always look just like this, but this is one pretty typical example.
I only payed $5 for it. I was certain it had to be plated when I first got it in the mail. I have many steel penny's and none have been that shiny. I was just making sure that it was plated. Thank you very much for all the information.
Reprocessed zinc plated steel cents will often look like there is doubling due to the difficulty of cleaning around date,MM, other lettering before plating. The small surrounding slightly raised layer of dirt/corrosion will plate like a doubling or repunched mint mark.And as said they aren't worth much.
