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Re: zinc cent

Posted by Dylan Scores on July 18, 2010 at 18:30:41:

In Reply to: Re: zinc cent posted by Coulport on July 18, 2010 at 17:12:09:

I believe this one might be genuine because the surface is very smooth and shiny like a dime. no apparent tampering.

: They are both worth the same, 1¢.

: When they first started making copper plated zinc cents in 1982, some were struck on blanks that didn't have the copper coating. They brought quite a premium. Then some enterprising folks found a way to strip the copper off and flooded the market with the altered coins and killed the 'error' market on them.

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: I believe this one might be genuine because the surface is very smooth and shiny like a dime. no apparent tampering. 

: : They are both worth the same, 1¢.

: : When they first started making copper plated zinc cents in 1982, some were struck on blanks that didn't have the copper coating. They brought quite a premium. Then some enterprising folks found a way to strip the copper off and flooded the market with the altered coins and killed the 'error' market on them.




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