So today is the day to see if my customer has a 'real' 1974 alum. penny

Do you now own this coin or do you just have it in your possession?

 

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Just have it in possession, but the owner and I are planning on getting it graded, spliting the costs, and then we would go from there.

 

What is the precise weight and dimension you measured?

 

Pictures?

 

I had it at 3 Grams(crappy kitchen scale!) and 18MM diamater. I will try to get the pictures up ASAP for everyone to see.

 

I herd they struck 1,579,324 aluminum pennies !

 

But they trashed them before they got out to the general public

 

Imo

Weigh it & measure it accurately prior to making any decision about sending it to any TPG.

If you do not own a good scale, then take the coin to a jeweler or to any "buy your gold" place & they can weigh it on their scale. The measurement should be in grams to the nearest 100th of a gram. To measure the diameter, use an accurate micrometer or caliper. If you do not own a good micrometer or caliper, then find someone that has one.

Carefully inspect the edge of the coin & post (close-up & properly cropped) photos here prior to sending it to a TPG.

 

Customers and no scale?

 

PSST... you can buy a cheap digital scale and some test weights on ebay for under $25. I bought one and it's pretty darn accurate.

 

He was a customer at the place I work at, not a coin shop.

 

Ah.

 

I would be hesitant to make a verbal agreement with someone and expect them to honor it if enough money is involved.in my opinion he has all rights to the coin.