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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 62890, member: 57463&quot;]<b>&quot;Mercury, Mike Mercury&quot;</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Weigh the coin.&nbsp; It is a common trick among kids and others with the mind of nine-year old boy to coat a cent with mercury.&nbsp; Mercury is poisonous, of course, but fun to play with.&nbsp; You see enough cents, you see them like this.&nbsp; When I ran the &quot;Reader&#039;s Ask&quot; desk at <i>Coin World</i>, I got more a couple in mail from people thinking they had found a cent in the wrong metal.&nbsp; Weigh the coin and if it weighs more than a regular pre-1982 cent, then it is coated with mercury -- which, again, is a poison.&nbsp; So, you should not handle the coin any more than is absolutely necessary.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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