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<p>[QUOTE="Pyrbob, post: 534880, member: 17044"]Jim, I think both the authentic unplated and the treated should weigh the same. When a plated cent is treated they put it in something like an acid just long enough to chemically remove the copper. Since both the authenic cent and the treated cent are original coins without the plating their weight is the same. I took my unplated cent that was altered and weighed it and it weighed 2.4 grams. Unfortunately, my slabbed cent does not have the weight on the slab but I would think it would be the same at 2.4 grams. Just slightly under the 2.5 gram weight of a plated cent. If the cent woulod be slightly over the 2.5 gram weight then I would think it was plated adding material to it and not acid treated to remove the plating.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pyrbob, post: 534880, member: 17044"]Jim, I think both the authentic unplated and the treated should weigh the same. When a plated cent is treated they put it in something like an acid just long enough to chemically remove the copper. Since both the authenic cent and the treated cent are original coins without the plating their weight is the same. I took my unplated cent that was altered and weighed it and it weighed 2.4 grams. Unfortunately, my slabbed cent does not have the weight on the slab but I would think it would be the same at 2.4 grams. Just slightly under the 2.5 gram weight of a plated cent. If the cent woulod be slightly over the 2.5 gram weight then I would think it was plated adding material to it and not acid treated to remove the plating.[/QUOTE]
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