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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mespe, post: 288137, member: 10197&quot;]I first joined this forum when I bought a silver chinese coin. several members suggested that it was silver and offered ways to authenticate the coin,,, I listened to their recommendations and concluded myself that the chinese coin was fake.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now on the other hand I&#039;ve presented this penny for members review. Several people sugegsted it was torched or baked or cooked or whatever, but they just left their opinions in the one posting.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I did&#039;t know if something like this is worth a couple hundred or a couple thousand, or $20 bucks. I now have a fairly accurate idea as to what this coin is worth, and will live with what ebay gives me. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Had this been an earlier penny with a high percentage of copper, I could see someone faking this type of coin, but with the thin copper cladding on today&#039;s pennies once heated to the point of melting the coin, the copper is gone,,, on a side note, it&#039;d probably be easy to fake a zinc non copper-clad penny, by simply removing the copper cladding in an acid that eats copper and not zinc,,, (if there is such an acid)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Eventhough I am not expecting to be able to afford an east indies bungalow, I&#039;m hoping the coin fetches enoough to buy a piano for the kids from the estate sale down the street, if it brings in enough to buy a bungalow in east indies, so be it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Like I&#039;ve stated countless times, I found this coin in 1984, put it in a plastic bag in a cardboard box and moved it 5 times in the 20 plus years it&#039;s been in my possession. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>thebigh, I appologize for being rude in my previous post, I&#039;m such an <span style="color: red">EDITED </span><span style="color: black">sometimes that I make a complete </span><span style="color: red">EDITED </span><span style="color: black">out of myself, oh well,,,</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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