How is this possible?

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by 71Avalon, Feb 21, 2026 at 12:15 PM.

  1. 71Avalon

    71Avalon Well-Known Member

    It's on Great Collections right now. 2017 is a year that is nowhere near the last time they made cents out of copper, which I believe was 2009.

    Screenshot_20260221-115745.png
     
    Pickin and Grinin and -jeffB like this.
  2. Avatar

    Guest User Guest



    to hide this ad.
  3. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    A copper blank probably got stuck in the machine and finally broke free and was minted years later.
     
  4. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    FYI…1982 was the transition year from copper to copper plated zinc cents.
     
  5. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    But in 2009 there were cents struck in bronze as a commemoration of Lincoln's 200th birthday (and the Lincoln cent's 100th).
     
    lordmarcovan likes this.
  6. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Yes but not for circulation as I recall.
     
    -jeffB likes this.
  7. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    I did not know (until now) that the 2009 commemorative Lincoln cents were struck in bronze and were not Zincolns. There are a great many gaps (fancy word: lacunae) in my knowledge about moderns.
     
  8. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    Regarding the coin in the OP: what about foreign coins? Does the US Mint still strike 1-centavo pieces under contract for Panama, or is that denomination a thing of the past? (Too lazy to look it up right now.)
     
  9. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    Thats not even the correct composition. It should be 95% copper and 5% zinc.
     
  10. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    Hmm. Which makes me wonder even more about foreign planchets.
     
Draft saved Draft deleted

Share This Page