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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikediamond, post: 51708, member: 1859&quot;]In this case, the coin was probably electroplated.&nbsp; A layer of metal -- presumably silver -- was deposited on the surface of a normal cent.&nbsp; We have this definition from the finishing.com website: &quot;Electroplating is the deposition of a metallic coating onto an object by putting a negative charge onto the object and immersing it into a solution which contains a salt of the metal to be deposited. The metallic ions of the salt carry a positive charge and are attracted to the part. When they reach it, the negatively charged part provides the electrons to &quot;reduce&quot; the positively charged ions to metallic form.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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