I opened more envelopes and believe these may or may not have errors Let me know if you can spot them out All E’s are on the front side but including pics of the backs. P.s. There’s a 1947 silver/cooper coin- It sticks to a magnet but not as strong as the others.. Wasn’t the war over by then? Could this be an E or a fake?
1944 - Cipped Planchet 1944 - Lamination Tear 1943 - 4 struck through grease 1943 - Reprocessed Cent.. Not a mint error 1947 - Plated.. Not a mint error
That 1944 cent looks like it has a nice die crack as well as lamination issue. I would be interested in what our experts have to say about it. Oh. I see Paddyman98's opinions. So i suppose I am not seeing a die crack
Reprocessing = an attempt to make the coin appear better than it actually is. This alteration involves the removal of the thin layer of zinc from the steel and then re-plating the result. Plated = coin has by whatever means (should be at least a few ways) been covered with a metal, many times a different one than the base metal.... for instance, finding gold plated half dollars or quarters. Many times a gimmick.
Interesting point, is the zinc removed or is it just plated over... I would have said "more attractive"
I took this from https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/6810/counterfeit-detection-september-2018/ so I am presuming that it has the layer removed first. Perhaps reprocessed includes that extra step and if it didn't it would simply be referred to as plated.
Looking around, I haven't run into any definitive word about whether the original zinc is removed before the replating. If I were doing it, I would just buff the crud and rust off before plating, any chemical treatment would affect the iron also.
