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<p>[QUOTE="T-Bone0804, post: 915255, member: 24608"]Just a quick addition, for those of us who are inept at scale building, like myself, another way to tell a copper from a zinc is by flipping the coins like you are playing heads or tails. The copper cents will make a metallic</p><p><br /></p><p><i>rrrriiiiiinnnnnggggggg</i></p><p><br /></p><p>whereas the zinc cents will just</p><p><br /></p><p><i>thud</i></p><p><br /></p><p>do this with gloves and remeber to catch the coin to avoid handprints and dings. I use this trick when I sort boxes of cents at work and don't have time to make a scale. Once you know what to listen for, you'll never confuse. Copper with a zinc again!</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, great thorough post, thank you![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="T-Bone0804, post: 915255, member: 24608"]Just a quick addition, for those of us who are inept at scale building, like myself, another way to tell a copper from a zinc is by flipping the coins like you are playing heads or tails. The copper cents will make a metallic [I]rrrriiiiiinnnnnggggggg[/I] whereas the zinc cents will just [I]thud[/I] do this with gloves and remeber to catch the coin to avoid handprints and dings. I use this trick when I sort boxes of cents at work and don't have time to make a scale. Once you know what to listen for, you'll never confuse. Copper with a zinc again! Also, great thorough post, thank you![/QUOTE]
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