Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 7847196, member: 105098&quot;]yeah, original steel cents, the coining sheets were galvanized with zinc and then punched out so the edges for the most part are bare steel, sort of like how you see the copper on the edge of a dime or quarter. </p><p>If it was electroplated, the edge will be coated in zinc also, so this is how they know for sure it wasn&#039;t electroplated to bring up the weight to 2.9 from 2.7g it&#039;s a rolled thick planchet I guess.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in