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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;OcalaFlorida, post: 1972692, member: 71825&quot;]Briboy07 the weight is indistinguishable from a normal Zincoln scale would help unless it weight more.</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>Found in OBW BU Roll from 1995 - possession <br /> </li> <li>Yellow and still has very nice luster, it is most likely a brass plated specimen</li> <li>Compared color to both a 1985-D TPG original &quot;Yellow-Jacket-Hoard&quot; specimen &amp; PCI JT Stanton examples </li> </ul><p>But for me and my collection and I don&#039;t sell anything kind of a coin hoarder...</p><p><br /></p><p>What meant to say was this was confirmation enough for me the combination of possession of coins so they wouldn&#039;t of have been used in science project. I guess if you wanted to sell them you might need more solid confirmation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only way to 100% accuracy is an XRF test to analyze the plating composition. Or you can get a tpg stabbed examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Science project coins plated coins don&#039;t have same luster and need pre 1982 copper coin if done with zinc it will lack the luster</p><p>&nbsp; <a href="http://matse1.matse.illinois.edu/metals/g.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://matse1.matse.illinois.edu/metals/g.html" rel="nofollow">http://matse1.matse.illinois.edu/metals/g.html</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ken potters page on them <a href="http://koinpro.tripod.com/Brass.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://koinpro.tripod.com/Brass.htm" rel="nofollow">http://koinpro.tripod.com/Brass.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=3&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0CFYQFjAC&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bruker.com%2Fproducts%2Fx-ray-diffraction-and-elemental-analysis%2Fhandheld-xrf.html%3Futm_id%3D3&amp;ei=fpP4U67mL7S_sQT65oCQBw&amp;usg=AFQjCNHoMEovHCAr9p1dQ0MABH_Rjkb3bg&amp;sig2=ciz9j94rej3nqsibtiDrHg&amp;bvm=bv.73612305,d.cWc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=3&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0CFYQFjAC&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bruker.com%2Fproducts%2Fx-ray-diffraction-and-elemental-analysis%2Fhandheld-xrf.html%3Futm_id%3D3&amp;ei=fpP4U67mL7S_sQT65oCQBw&amp;usg=AFQjCNHoMEovHCAr9p1dQ0MABH_Rjkb3bg&amp;sig2=ciz9j94rej3nqsibtiDrHg&amp;bvm=bv.73612305,d.cWc" rel="nofollow"></a></b></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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