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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fred Weinberg, post: 3590424, member: 86437&quot;]Mint Luster, as on a new coin, looks</p><p>very very different from shiny surfaces</p><p>that have been re-plated.&nbsp; Hard to verbalize.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess experience knowing what the genuine</p><p>unplated zinc cents look like makes it easier</p><p>for me to tell - I&#039;m not bragging, but it&#039;s literally</p><p>experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the copper-coated zinc cents first came out,</p><p>ANACS was the only Authentication service around.</p><p><br /></p><p>They certified lots of DE-Plated Zinc Cents (dark, dull and grey)</p><p><br /></p><p>Until I got my first one from one of my sources, I didn&#039;t know</p><p>the difference - and those ANACS coins are still out there, in </p><p>their small white holders.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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