1975 aluminum cent

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  1. poppasmurf89

    poppasmurf89 Junior Member

    ok so i found a penny that is silverish in color its exactly as round as a copper penny slightly thicker but weighs less and even has the feel of let say an aluminum can there were 66 of these minted in that year and only a couple dozen have been found even more interesting it has a freemason symbol stamped into it that fits perfectly inside lincolns shoulder is there any sure fire way to make sure it is alluminum i can guarentee its not plated by an experiment cuz ive done them in school and its not the same and i kno its not steel a magnet doesnt even phase it
     
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  3. Tom B

    Tom B TomB Everywhere Else

    I believe the experimental aluminum cents were made in 1974, not 1975.
     
  4. poppasmurf89

    poppasmurf89 Junior Member

    yes they minted 1.5 million but in 1975 they made 66
     
  5. hamman88

    hamman88 Spare some change, sir?

    It's a freemason token. I can't remember exactly why, but the freemason's have alot of different tokens with their symbol on it.
     
  6. desertgem

    desertgem Senior Errer Collecktor

    The 66 reportedly made in 1975 were trial strikes, and both the 1974 ( 14 , 15?)and 1975 are subject to seizure by the Treasury still I do believe. The weight should be less than a gram with avg. about 0.934 gram.

    Jim
     
  7. Billyray

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  8. Billyray

    Billyray Junior Member

    From the above link
     
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