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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 3003217, member: 66&quot;]1. For all practical purposes yes. Technically the &quot;copper&quot; Lincoln cents come in two different alloys but for the most part no one bothers to differentiate them.&nbsp; From 1909 to 1942, and 1946 to 62 the alloy was 95% copper 5% tin and zinc, withthe exact proportions of tin and zinc varying.&nbsp; Then from 1963 to 1982 the alloy was 95% copper 5% zinc, no tin.&nbsp; The first alloy is technically bronze, the second is a brass.&nbsp; But the only way to tell them apart is either by destructive analysis, or use of an XRF gun checking to see if any tin is present.</p><p>2. There shouldn&#039;t be.&nbsp; They punch the blanks from the zinc stip, then they upset the edges and then they do the plating.&nbsp; It could be conceivably possible for a zinc blank to miss the upsetting and then get plated.&nbsp; I believe I mentioned that earlier as being an &quot;error error&quot;.&nbsp; A type 1 blank should not get out (first error) and a type 1 blank should not get plated (second error).</p><p>3. Type 1 and 2 steel cent blanks were not mentioned.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No to the presses to be made into dollar coins to be sold direct to collectors. (and then they will store them.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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