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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 71435, member: 66&quot;]The government DID conduct tests on zinc plated steel in 1942 but the dies used were not the same as the production Lincolns but I do not believe the tests were actually conducted at the Mint.&nbsp; Most if not all the testing on alternate materials was conducted by outside contractors.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If the decision to switch to the steel planchet was made early enough the mint might have created a supply of planchets during the end of 1942 so that they could start steel cent production as soon as possible after the turn of the year. in which case a steel planchet MIGHT have been able to get into the presses in 1942.&nbsp; More likely though the Mint just stockpiled the strip and did not begin punching the blanks until after the first of the year.&nbsp; (That would eliminate the possiblity of accidently creating a 42 steel and at the same time not delay cent production in 43.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Is your 42 cent strongly or weakly magnetic, or is it just silver colored?&nbsp; (The mint was producing coins for other countries at the time as well, so a foreign planchet is a possiblity.)&nbsp; Another possiblity is that is is a cent struck on a silver dime blank.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most likely answer though is that it is simply a plated genuine cent.&nbsp; The very first question that must be answered is, What does it weigh?&nbsp; Until we have a weight to start from all we can do is speculate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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