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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kevin Mader, post: 11065497, member: 106826&quot;]The weight is right, but difficult to be certain of the actual contributing factor for the missing copper.&nbsp; I figure that an authentic un-plated cent originates amongst of bag of cents of the same date/mm.&nbsp; Provenance might reasonably be established then.&nbsp; Amongst mixed cents (different dates/mms), the more likely contributor is a &#039;science experiment&#039;...although remotely possible to be authentic.&nbsp; Age comes into play, since zinc deteriorates with moisture/exposure.&nbsp; Unless snagged very early before conditions like hydrozincite kick in, your coin would be rather ragged at this point.&nbsp; Unless, of course, it stayed hidden safe for 3+ decades before being returned to the wild.</p><p><br /></p><p>As most of us who CRH, you are going to come across these cents.&nbsp; Not with great regularity, but enough so that you start to understand that these cents are probably just &#039;science&#039; experiments spent after getting the grade.&nbsp; Finding it in a driveway would not likely be attributed the same way a coin out of a roll could be though.&nbsp; So, I understand the need to put the question to the group.&nbsp; Quite reasonable.&nbsp; That added bit of information may explain some of the staining we see on your specimen. Exposure to the elements.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think that Fred&#039;s advice is pretty good though.&nbsp; If it&#039;s dull, it&#039;s likely a tampered coin where plating has been removed (but a remote possibility that its genuine).&nbsp; If it&#039;s shiny, it&#039;s almost certainly a plated coin.&nbsp; The original copper plating is a great flashing for a subsequent replating.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bu unless the provenance is established, authenticity will be problematic, I think.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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