Gold?...To be or not...is the?!!!
Poordollaz47
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Keeping in mind tht I’m still a newbie, and for my it’s the thrill and passion and knowledge!!!..not here cause I’m bored or I don’t have internet!!!
I know I see the corrosion and gold doesn’t corrode but has there ever been a gold cent error?
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Not to my knowledge. The only one that comes to mind is a Buffalo nickel on a half eagle planchet.
Also, the US went off the gold standard in 1933 so there wouldn’t be any gold planchets around by 1948. I also believe that cents were not manufactured anywhere near the gold back in the day due to the value difference.
If you remove some additional metal from the surface, I bet you’ll see more of the darker bronze color. The coin is not made of gold.
There are a small number of Indian cents known which were struck on gold planchets. Here’s a link to one of them:
https://coins.ha.com/itm/errors/1900-1c-cent-struck-on-a-2-1-2-gold-planchet-ms65-pcgs/a/1219-5224.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Thank you for the info!...
Do you think this might be considered altered given the yellowish? Diffrent from a pink hue!?
You’re most welcome. Perhaps the coin was plated, which would be a type of alteration.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
I read somewhere several years ago that there are two Indian cents and one Lincoln cent struck on gold $2.5 planchets that are currently known.
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There are two other certified examples/dates of Indian cents struck on quarter eagle planchets noted in the description of the coin I linked.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Your coin appears to be a badly corroded cent that has been harshly cleaned and polished.
Plated cents are not uncommon.... Some have been done commercially as souvenirs and some have been done at home by people either playing around or hoping to deceive buyers on ebay. Cheers, RickO
I second that opinion.
With a coin that damaged any anomalies should be presumed to be from the damage, not an error.
Looks like a lot of PMD.
Another parking lot victim. Many copper cents take on the color of the gold you see after being run over and over and over again. Not gold.
bob
Maybe Krylon.