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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kevin Mader, post: 3745611, member: 106826&quot;]By appearances, this looks like a plated 1944 cent.&nbsp; Weighing it will go a long way to verifying that it is a fake.&nbsp; A copper cent with plating will be 3.1+ grams with plating.&nbsp; If you are around 2.8 grams...then authentication services are needed.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you don&#039;t have a scale, you can create a simple weighing device to see where your coin leans.&nbsp; Using a AA battery, a piece of tape, and a popsicle stick you can create a sea-saw scale using two known coins of the same material.&nbsp; Find the center of balance and use one copper cent to be your control.&nbsp; Place it on one end, your coin on the other.&nbsp; If it&#039;s copper/plated, it should tilt your scale towards your subject coin&#039;s end, or remain about even.&nbsp; If the control end goes down, then your specimen is lighter than 3.1 grams.&nbsp; Next, use a Zincoln as your control and repeat the experiment.&nbsp; If the subject coin is heavier, then you are between 2.5 and 3.1 grams.&nbsp; I might start feeling some excitement at that time and would make a formal assessment a higher priority.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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