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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 2883708, member: 84179&quot;]I&#039;m sorry, but these are plated after they left the mint.&nbsp; The Coin Talk forum gets questions about these on a regular basis.</p><p><br /></p><p>At one time, electroplating was a common experiment done in schools to teach kids about chemistry.&nbsp; Copper cents work really well in this experiment and were cheap to use.&nbsp; Kids would get to take home their &quot;experiment&quot; and many of these ended up in circulation. Nickel and chrome are magnetic so if they were plated with either of these, then they would stick to a magnet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Right now, you are using a the most cost effective method to tell you about plated cents.&nbsp; There are numerous people on here with years of experience in numismatics and minting errors, including the 2 that previously responded to your question.&nbsp; If that&#039;s not enough, there isn&#039;t much you can do but send them to a third party grader.&nbsp; However, my recommendation is that you save your money because they will be returned as altered coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if you really want to have some fun, start looking for through that mountain of cents to find significant mint errors[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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