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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;micheldura2, post: 867116, member: 18966&quot;]This was a good read...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/"><span style="color: #0066cc">PCGS The Standart for the Rare Coin Industry</span></a></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Professional Coin Grading Service</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><ul> <li><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/membership/login.html?returnurl=http%3A//www.pcgs.com/articles/article1285.chtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/membership/login.html?returnurl=http%3A//www.pcgs.com/articles/article1285.chtml" rel="nofollow">Log In | Your Account</a></li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>[FONT=arial,helvetica]<font size="2">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<font size="2"><font size="3"><b>Authenticating &#039;Silver Pennies&#039;</b> </font></font></font></p><p><font size="2"><font size="2"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="2"><font size="2"><b>Ken Potter</b> - <i>August 17, 1999</i>&nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=arial,helvetica]<font size="2"></font></font></font></p><p><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2">Reader Judy McCaulley wrote about a 1982 cent she thinks may be a &quot;silver penny.&quot; She asked if there is any way to authenticate it. </font></font></font></p><p><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2">Lets first note that &quot;silver pennies&quot; (more specifically - cents struck in error on a silver dime planchets or blanks) are more or less only possible on cents dated 1966 and earlier. 1966 was the last year the government struck 90% silver dimes (and other denominations) for general circulation. (90% silver coins produced in 1965 and 1966 bore the date 1964 due to a date- freeze.) <span style="color: Red">edited </span></font></font></font></p><p><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><br /></font></font></font></p><p><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2">....or visit his Educational Image Gallery located at: <a href="http://www.uscents.com/potter/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.uscents.com/potter/" rel="nofollow">http://www.uscents.com/potter/</a>.</font></font></font></p><p><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"></font>[/FONT]</font>[/FONT]</font>[/FONT][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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