Ok I've been looking and trying to find something about this for a very long time. So it is a 1934 penny it weighs 3.11 grams it is not painted if it is scratched it is still silver colored in the scratch. It doesn't look copper in the scratch. It has a Freemason stamp on it.. I hope it isn't some crazy rare coin that is totally void because of it. Sorry if the pictures aren't that great they took me forever and I just couldn't get the lighting right... What kind of plating would not change the weight , if in fact it is plated? Tell me what you think .please Thank you everyone Also what would they use to plate it? Idk if it makes a difference but is magnetic
Welcome to Coin Talk! The cent has been plated and the Masonic symbol added during the plating process. It is not a mint error or anything created by the U.S. Mint. It was most likely created as a pocket piece for a Masonic member.
I thought the same but wouldn't t plating make it heavier than a standard penny that's where I am confused
Probably plated with nickel, then maybe silver over that. Pure nickel is attracted to a magnet. I'm guessing that your coin isn't attracted as strongly as a pure iron or steel item would be. The plating probably wouldn't add much more than .01 g to the coin's weight, so it would still be within normal tolerance. Welcome to CoinTalk!
