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  1. j31769

    j31769 New Member

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  3. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    What input are you looking for?
     
  4. j31769

    j31769 New Member

    would this be worth a metal test
     
  5. Autoturf

    Autoturf Well-Known Member

    Yes, send it in to get graded, because nobody in their rite mind would purchase that without authentication.
     
  6. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Have you weighed it?
    It is a bit hard to tell from your pictures, but I am assuming it has a copper color.
    My first guess would be that it is plated. Highly unlikely that it is a legit copper 43.
     
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  7. j31769

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  8. SchwaVB57

    SchwaVB57 Well-Known Member

    Does it stick to a magnet?
     
  9. j31769

    j31769 New Member

    should a metal test b done first,then graded or can the grading company do everything. It does stick to a magnet except only on the outer edge,it wont pick it up from the center on either side.
     
  10. SchwaVB57

    SchwaVB57 Well-Known Member

    It is a plated cent. A bronze cent would not stick to a magnet at all.
     
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  11. j31769

    j31769 New Member

    Ive heard a magnet test does not prove it is a fake or platted
     
  12. Autoturf

    Autoturf Well-Known Member

    spend 40$ get it tested/graded cannot prove or disprove with picture.
     
  13. j31769

    j31769 New Member

    they do that for 40 bucks
     
  14. Autoturf

    Autoturf Well-Known Member

    Anacs is less expensive, and qualified, check their website for instructions. if its fake or plated they will not slab it, but you still have to pay for their service.
     
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  15. MeowtheKitty

    MeowtheKitty Well-Known Member

    Where did you find this. If out of CRH, its a bit too shiny to be legit. Meow has not ever found a penny 1940s or older in ms while CRH. That has got to be fake.
     
  16. Burton Strauss III

    Burton Strauss III Brother can you spare a trime? Supporter

    2.8g is definative NOT copper. 3.11 +/- 0.13 g is the copper cent weight.

    Plated
     
  17. desertgem

    desertgem Senior Errer Collecktor

    The reason the magnet only sticks the edge is that the edge was exposed steel so only the copper layer there, but the rest of the coin has a zinc layer ( the edge does not ) and then a copper layer over that so thicker. What ever you do now is probably a waste of money, but you can put it away and wait a few years until instrumentation gets better and testing cheaper. Jim
     
  18. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    It's not worth the time or money.
    Just a plated cent.
     
  19. Nyatii

    Nyatii I like running w/scissors. Makes me feel dangerous

    It looks like someone attempted to electroplate it.
     
  20. Bert Gedin

    Bert Gedin Well-Known Member

    I want my plated cent back again !!!
     
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  21. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    A true copper Cent would weigh 3.11 grams

    A Steel Cent weighs 2.8 grams

    you definitely have a Copper plated Steel Cent. End of story.
     
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