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<p>[QUOTE="SorenCoins, post: 4720105, member: 73708"]It is a Freemasons' symbol and I do sometimes see them on eBay going for a few dollars. I find it fun to find counterstamped coins, especially in circulation! There are a few 1944 steel cents that feature an off-metal error, but these are very rare and your cent appears to be plated. If you wanted to be convinced, you could 1- use a magnet to test if it is magnetic (steel cents will be attracted to a magnet, plated cents won't) and 2- weigh it, since most steel cents are closer to 2.7ish grams and normal copper cents are closer to 3.11 grams. Your cent looks plated, but now you know can know how to tell if a silver-colored cent from 1944 is steel or copper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SorenCoins, post: 4720105, member: 73708"]It is a Freemasons' symbol and I do sometimes see them on eBay going for a few dollars. I find it fun to find counterstamped coins, especially in circulation! There are a few 1944 steel cents that feature an off-metal error, but these are very rare and your cent appears to be plated. If you wanted to be convinced, you could 1- use a magnet to test if it is magnetic (steel cents will be attracted to a magnet, plated cents won't) and 2- weigh it, since most steel cents are closer to 2.7ish grams and normal copper cents are closer to 3.11 grams. Your cent looks plated, but now you know can know how to tell if a silver-colored cent from 1944 is steel or copper.[/QUOTE]
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