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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3281393, member: 10461&quot;]His was a fair question, I think.&nbsp; I mean, I know in general terms that there are lots of zinc cents out there that got de-plated outside the mint, and I&#039;ve seen some of the videos on how that&#039;s done.&nbsp; And I also know (or at least believe) that there are some legitimate error coins (likely quite rare) that were struck on unplated zinc cores <i>at</i> the mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would I be able to tell the difference?&nbsp; Maybe.&nbsp; I think probably, yes.</p><p><br /></p><p>But would someone else?&nbsp; Not necessarily.&nbsp; I probably couldn&#039;t have, eight or ten years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>How &#039;bout we cut the new member a little slack this time?&nbsp; Who&#039;s got comparison photos of a real unplated error and a false, &quot;homemade&quot; example for us to compare, for educational purposes?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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