1973 aluminum penny

Hi om Dave and I recently heard about 74 aluminum penny and right when I heard bout it I remembered a penny I had that looked like that and it's a 1973 penny appears aluminum info?

 

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Plated for sure, I can see the copper showing

 

Yes but for 73 coin should be all copper right

 

IF it was indeed aluminum, it would be significantly lighter than a normal penny.

 

It is lighter not by much I don't have a sxale

 

And sound way different, like a soft "Plink" when dropped dropped. I have some aluminum world coins and they are almost as light as feathers...

 

Plated, painted, contaminated or just plain dirty. The coins should normally weigh 3.11 grams with an aluminum one being much lighter. I know of no off metal strikes for 1973 cent, including aluminum.

The other option to be explored if made it past weight tests would be off-stock, off planchet, or struck on a foreign blank. 99.9999% positive that it is one of the former though.

 

corrosion/dirt, spend it....worth 1 cent..

 

Hi and welcome to CT. At some point that penny was plated to make it look aluminum. It has seen so much wear and tear from circulation a lot of the plating is worn off and dirty. Don't be fooled by this. It's worth face value. Spend it and don't waste any more of your time for something that's only worth a cent.

 

Hello Dave. Even though the 1974 Aluminum Cent was minted in 1973 they used Dies to strike the Cent with the year 1974. Here is some more information to help you understand better why your Cent is not what it "appears" - regards
I want to share this webpage with you - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_aluminum_cent#cite_note-factsaccount-17

 

Definitely plated at one point but it is starting to wear off.

 

Be careful touching it with bare fingers as it could be plated with.mercury

 

One of my other thoughts...

 

Post mint damage. Worth a cent or less.

 

How can a cent be worth less than a cent??

 

Hey don't worry about mercury, I played with mercury as a kid and it never did me any haaaaaaaaaaaaaarmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....................

 

Its been in a bad environment for a long time ...

 

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I just found a 1973 P penny weighing 2.5 grams?????? Copper should weigh 3.1.

 

Take some pictures and post them ..