It would go down just fine, except the pic you provided has the color of a copper plated cent - not a zinc planchet. Or - if you were to tell us...
All cent planchets are made outside the mint, that includes the copper plating, and are delivered to the mint ready to be struck. With other...
It's post mint damage, possibly solder.
There are none. It's probably a plated cent or a coin with the copper plating removed. Slim chance it is a struck unplated planchet.
I agree Becky - I love it !!
A simple test on a balance (popsicle stick across a pencil with a cent on each end) would probably answer the question.
Considered one of the first ones by who ? And what do you mean by "first ones" ? If you mean a first strike - no, absolutely not. If you mean...
You say it looks like a nickel - how big is it and what does it weigh ? It looks like an ordinary cent to me with the copper plating wearing off...
You could try looking - HERE
What he said :thumb: Forget everything else.
Yes, there has. Great Rarities - 2 Heads or Tails Great Rarities - Cents to Double Eagles 11 Cent Coin
1,380,000
Just about every coin in that collection was overgraded by the TPGs. My opinion, VF25 - the slab XF40.
Any silver coin that is returned to the Fed is pulled from circulation and melted down. But I wouldn't get to excited about it, it's been that way...
The interesting part - the important part - is that 2/3 of both houses must now approve any new commemorative coin.
Can you post a pic of the entire coin - both sides ?
Yes it is a huge issue. But would you be surprised to learn that in the past couple of years they started doing the very similar things again....
The mintage for all 1924 Peruvian sols is 3,113,000, that includes those struck in Philly. And even though all coins from both mints have the Lima...
It just got tougher to pass new coin laws - Read it Here I expect things will be slowing down now.
I think the '84-P is overgraded, it's not a 66. The others are accurate IMO.
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