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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1367608, member: 15199&quot;]I am not sure if they have been reprocessed or not. Treated with some type of chemical ~possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>The very best way to tell is to look at the outer edge of the coin. The steel cents were punched from zinc plated steel, so the edge should show a center steel core and zinc outer layer ( which may be a little smeared due to the punching).</p><p><br /></p><p>When coins are reprocessed, the procedure plates the entire edge with the zinc layer, so no steel core is visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you can&#039;t tell , take some photos of the edges, but they need to be close ups, and you probably can tell with a magnifier a lot better.</p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome to the forum!</p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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