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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1921498, member: 39"]As suggested before, this is probably a piece that was altered by some third party. There are various ways of doing that. The most common method is galvanizing, I think, but I am not a chemist. In any case, do not expect to get much for it. Here in Germany it would, at least in theory, even be worthless, as no bank - not even the central bank - is obliged to accept such a "damaged" coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course your piece could be gold-plated. Usually that is not done with such low value coins, but who knows ... Even then, however, the gold layer would be extremely, almost unbelievably, thin - so not really valuable either.</p><p><br /></p><p>If your coin was a 1 cent piece minted using, say, a 10 cent planchet, then the result would also be a piece with a golden color. But the 10 ct is bigger, so you would see quite a bit of "excess" material around ...</p><p><br /></p><p>So, my answer to your question in the topic title still is: No, most probably not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1921498, member: 39"]As suggested before, this is probably a piece that was altered by some third party. There are various ways of doing that. The most common method is galvanizing, I think, but I am not a chemist. In any case, do not expect to get much for it. Here in Germany it would, at least in theory, even be worthless, as no bank - not even the central bank - is obliged to accept such a "damaged" coin. Of course your piece could be gold-plated. Usually that is not done with such low value coins, but who knows ... Even then, however, the gold layer would be extremely, almost unbelievably, thin - so not really valuable either. If your coin was a 1 cent piece minted using, say, a 10 cent planchet, then the result would also be a piece with a golden color. But the 10 ct is bigger, so you would see quite a bit of "excess" material around ... So, my answer to your question in the topic title still is: No, most probably not. Christian[/QUOTE]
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