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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 5184566, member: 66&quot;]One cent, with the right acid you could make every copper plated cent you have look just like it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No it is not an error, it is an altered coin.&nbsp; It is what is referred to as a &quot;Texas cent&quot; (because everything&#039;s bigger in Texas).&nbsp; It is created by putting the coin between two pieces of leather and then beating it.&nbsp; The leather conforms to the surface so the blows are distributed to the entire surface evenly causing the coin to spread out proportionately.&nbsp; It also causes the copper plating to flake off when done to plated zinc cents.&nbsp; Value is one cent, you might get a little more as a novelty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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