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<p>[QUOTE="Pete Apple, post: 3600248, member: 103982"]Weight is within tolerance. Suspect the copper plating has been stripped. Photos not good enough to say for sure but if it is unplated:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>UN-PLATED</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>There are at least 3 different diagnostics suggested for the identification of genuine unplated zinc cents: 1) A genuine example should have mint luster or 2) they will be a bit dull and show microscopic flakes of copper struck into them or 3) measuring the specific gravity of the coin in question (it should equal approximately 7.18). Here are some resources:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Errors/Unplated_Cents.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Errors/Unplated_Cents.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Errors/Unplated_Cents.html</a></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.error-ref.com/unplated-cents/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.error-ref.com/unplated-cents/" rel="nofollow">http://www.error-ref.com/unplated-cents/</a></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2015/10/lack-of-copper-may-not-an-the-error-collectors-clearinghouse.all.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2015/10/lack-of-copper-may-not-an-the-error-collectors-clearinghouse.all.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2015/10/lack-of-copper-may-not-an-the-error-collectors-clearinghouse.all.html</a></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="https://conecaonline.org/unplated-lincolns/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://conecaonline.org/unplated-lincolns/" rel="nofollow">https://conecaonline.org/unplated-lincolns/</a></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pete Apple, post: 3600248, member: 103982"]Weight is within tolerance. Suspect the copper plating has been stripped. Photos not good enough to say for sure but if it is unplated: [B]UN-PLATED[/B] [B]There are at least 3 different diagnostics suggested for the identification of genuine unplated zinc cents: 1) A genuine example should have mint luster or 2) they will be a bit dull and show microscopic flakes of copper struck into them or 3) measuring the specific gravity of the coin in question (it should equal approximately 7.18). Here are some resources:[/B] [B][URL]http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Errors/Unplated_Cents.html[/URL][/B] [B][URL]http://www.error-ref.com/unplated-cents/[/URL][/B] [B][URL]https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2015/10/lack-of-copper-may-not-an-the-error-collectors-clearinghouse.all.html[/URL][/B] [B][URL]https://conecaonline.org/unplated-lincolns/[/URL][/B][/QUOTE]
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