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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2975113, member: 10461&quot;]Interesting that it sticks to a magnet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Either it&#039;s a 1976-D cent that got steel-plated somehow (<i>outside</i> the mint- this is <i>not</i> any kind of mint error), OR it&#039;s some kind of charm made to <i>look </i>like a cent, which was struck or cast in some kind of ferrous metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t really tell from the picture, which only shows one side.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect steel plating, which was apparently enough to make it magnetic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Which raises the question why someone would do this.&nbsp; That we may never know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Value?&nbsp; Minimal, I&#039;d say- perhaps a buck or two as a novelty, at most.</p><p><br /></p><p>It <i>is </i>interesting as a curiosity, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS- welcome to CoinTalk! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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