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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCro57, post: 3960306, member: 92083&quot;]Answer:</p><p><br /></p><p>The planchet is not a 1943 steel planchet; it is a zinc cent planchet missing the copper plating. A major blunder that could cost someone about $140.</p><p><br /></p><p>Steel planchets and Zinc cent planchets are very close in weight. (2.7 vs. 2.5 grams); the weight difference is within tolerance levels. (The copper plating is so thin on zinc cents that on most digital scales the difference won&#039;t even register.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand the weight is similar, but there is a distinguishable color difference. Also, I&#039;m not sure if they always do a check on metallic content, but even so they should have got it right on this.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got this very, very cheap and I am keeping it as is as an educational piece; it&#039;s a $10 planchet with a label for a $150 error. Oops!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>~Joe Cronin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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