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@MFeld said:
“I Went to the Bank Today”

I hope other forum members don’t start threads letting everyone know whether they, too, went to the bank today (or any other day).

I went to the bathroom today.

My meager offerings from the Box of 20...

From part 2 of the Ohio Collection:

I’m a huge fan of the Classic Head gold series! This coin has definite PL surfaces; the Block 8 variety was somewhat elusive for me to find nice & is now paired with the Script 8 variety I acquired sometime ago.

Ok, hear me out....

In the original Coin Community thread I suggested that this might be a zinc cent planchet with an unusually thick layer of copper plating. Such errors do occur. I have a heavily plated zinc cent that weighs 2.9 grams. With such a thick layer of plating, the XRF beam might not penetrate to the underlying zinc. It all depends on beam strength and the depth of penetration, details of which have not been provided. A better test in these circumstances would be a specific gravity test, as zinc has a much lower density than copper. Even a heavy later of copper plating wouldn't obscure the difference. Even a "ring" test would be helpful here, as a pure copper coin would give off a sharp ring while a zinc planchet would register a dull thud. I wouldn't trust PCGS when it comes to metal composition. I've seen numerous cents (1995- 2000) struck on undersized (foreign) copper-plated zinc planchets that PCGS labeled as "copper planchets".

@MEJ7070 Thank you for the report! You are fair and accurate. We are implementing new technology which is always dicey at first, but will ultimately speed up future show access. I'm so proud of our team for embracing the challenges. It would be easy to stay in the 1990's but we need to modernize and this is the first of many steps, including more live streaming from the show. Mint Director Hollis came in for an interview, which was awesome. You can watch it here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm-7lJQ_Enk

We thank everyone for supporting Whitman Expo and look forward to seeing you tomorrow (Saturday), June, or November!

John

I just finished going through 1200 cents from @THEZMAN - thanks. Now back to trying to fill the holes in these albums with coins from my stored rolls and 2X2s. Fun with Abe this weekend. Just getting back to where I started collecting coins with Abe. This never gets old either.