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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 7871098, member: 66&quot;]Luster is created during the strike.&nbsp; If it is present, then the copper was not present, when the coin was struck.&nbsp; I the surface has corroded enough that the mint luster is no longer present then it is not possible to say whether the copper plating was present at the time of striking or not.&nbsp; And copper plated cents that have had the copper chemically stripped off tend to have the same color/surfaces as a corroded zinc coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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