Look like copper to me , as there has been no reports of someone finding one made from some other metal in the last 57 years. If it is you will probily find it to be counterfiet.
It's just regular copper with some off coloring, nothing worth extra cash, sorry for the disappointment.
Sure there has! Plenty of them. There are different types. Off Metal, Transitional Errors, Wrong stock, and Planchets intended for other countries. Here is an example. This one is on Ebay at the moment...http://www.ebay.com/itm/NGC-1c-1971...462283?hash=item43f44c7d0b:g:yfAAAOSwPhdVNS~p
I want to share this webpage with you - http://coins-n-medals.com/Exhibits/offMetals/offMetals.html and http://www.error-ref.com/wrong_planchet_and_off_metal_errors/
Just show me a 1959 cent made of another metal besides copper, because that is what I meant by 57 years.
I want to share this webpage with you - https://www.greatcollections.com/Co...-Silver-10c-Planchet-PCGS-Genuine-Unc-Details
Intended for the Philippines! - https://sullivannumismatics.com/pro...t-struck-philippine-10-centavo-planchet-ms-61
Hi Dave, I appologize for my misleading / incorrect post. As you can see there are such coins out there. So please dont let anything I posted deter you from your search.
I don't ever want to prove anybody wrong. I like to share my knowledge with everyone. 30+ years of collecting error coins and reading tons of coin magazines, numismatic newspaper articles, books and web searches have helped me to find mass amounts of info. At a coin show here in NYC I sat down and met with Fred Weinberg, a leading expert in error coins and one of our talks was the famous 1959 Cent with a Wheat Reverse.. as you know it was the first year of the Memorial Reverse, His opinion was that it was a fake. There are so many oddities/errors/varieties out there and my goal is to continue learning and sharing with you. I'm no expert but I know enough to find the best answer! Here I am with Fred!
Thanks Paddyman98 , It's people like you that I need to help me be a better person and coin collector. I would give you a BA but I'm not the OP, And we sort of got of subject.
Yeah, it's isn't that we want to prove someone wrong, we just want to make sure that people get correct information so they don't have to unlearn things later.
