Impossible penny?!

I have not found anything on this and as far as I know it does not exist. Steel penny 1982. Weighs right amount. Who has any idea or info. It would be appreciated.

 

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Most likely science class experiment - plated cent.

 

Just what is the "right amount"? Copper or Zinc?

Chris

 

Does stick to a magnet?.. No?.. Then it is not made on a Steel Planchet

 

Either plated or stripped of it's copper plating. I vote plated. Either way, not an error.

 

It's plated. We see a lot of them.

Welcome to CT.

 

We did this when I was in fourth grade, haha. Use vinegar, some copper ions suspended in a fluid, throw in a catalyst, and it separated the zinc from the steel. Very fun experiment. Now you know the basics of how it was done

 

82 was a transition year. It looks as if the plating was removed.
And what you have is the zinc.

 

Steel? What steel? This isn't a 1943 cent.

Chris