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<p>[QUOTE="baracus2k, post: 154014, member: 6266"]<font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"> i have this 1913 large cent i picked up at a flea market a long time ago when i was a kid... it looks to be lightly silver plated... normally i dont clean my coins as it can damage them... however i cant remember what i used but i tried to see if the entire thing is silver and as you can see from the pictures it only seems to have a thin layer on top...... on the king it looks red from the copper.... thats where it got a bit scratched and the silver came off... i also used a bit of vim to see if it was painted or something (vim can take off all types of stains) and none of the silvery colour came off... so i figured this must be silver on top of copper... now im wondering if this is a unique coin plated at the mint or just someone fooling around trying to make a fake?</span></font></font></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"><br /></span></font></font></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black">some pics (I can take better ones if you guys need):</span></font></font></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"><br /></span></font></font></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"><br /></span></font></font></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"></span></font></font></span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baracus2k, post: 154014, member: 6266"][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=black] i have this 1913 large cent i picked up at a flea market a long time ago when i was a kid... it looks to be lightly silver plated... normally i dont clean my coins as it can damage them... however i cant remember what i used but i tried to see if the entire thing is silver and as you can see from the pictures it only seems to have a thin layer on top...... on the king it looks red from the copper.... thats where it got a bit scratched and the silver came off... i also used a bit of vim to see if it was painted or something (vim can take off all types of stains) and none of the silvery colour came off... so i figured this must be silver on top of copper... now im wondering if this is a unique coin plated at the mint or just someone fooling around trying to make a fake? some pics (I can take better ones if you guys need): [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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