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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bob Evancho, post: 2679260, member: 84595&quot;]My suggestion would be to first check to see what authorities on cents say a steel penny weighs.&nbsp; My books show 2.7 grams and 19 mm in diameter.&nbsp; Weigh your coin and see if it is within that weight and diameter.&nbsp; Copper pennies weigh 3.11 grams and 19 mm in diameter.&nbsp; Be careful when handling any coin so as not to damage it in any way.&nbsp; Handle only by the edge.&nbsp; There is always the possibility of an off metal strike.&nbsp; Or a mint employee flipping something into the bin that he found on the floor or something else.&nbsp; Did the mint strike coins for another country in 1964?&nbsp; That could lead to an off metal planchet.&nbsp; When in doubt, send it out to one of the grading services that grade and authenticate error coins on off metal planchets. Leave it to an expert to determine if it is a counterfeit.&nbsp; They will know all the genuine die characteristics of the thousands of dies used. Good luck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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