2002-D Cent / No copper plating

ARCO

Went to the local coin shop today and bought a few nice Walkers and Barbers. I recieved this in change from the dealer so I doubt it is worth anything. He probably got it from somebody who found it in change and rushed over to the dealer to see if was worth anything.

It is very unusual looking. Looks frosty white like snow in the protected areas and has a smashed silver color on the contact area. I thought I had seen a photo on these boards some time back

Is this error pretty common? I wonder how these planchets get past the quality control people as the large coin metal strip the planchets are punched from would have to be missing the copper plating.

Anyone see this error? Is it a human concoction after it left the mint?

Unplated cent ?

tyler

KlectorKid

Might it have been plated with zinc over the copper?

coppercoins

I'm sorry, I'm not seeing anything in the link. Could you re-check it?

ARCO

Link works - may just take a minute to load

Agflyer

Is that the rare 2001/02 variety?
Rick II

coppercoins

<< <i>Link works - may just take a minute to load >>



I'm at work and our servers act a little funny when accessing certain other servers. It won't work for me right now, nothing anyone can do about it. We have a lightning fast connection, load time isn't an issue.

I can't tell you if it's a genuine no-plating, but if it is, you have quite a pricey coin there. The best thing to look for is that the edges of the devices are clear and the letters and numbers look as thick as they normally should be. You see, the fakes are coins that someone has actually chemically washed the copper off of, leaving the zinc core. Since the plating is very thin, the core has the design remaining on it, more or less. The reason I said to look at the thickness of the letters is that they will be a little thinner and bumpier than normal if someone has eaten the copper off of the coin.

braddick

White-out was applied to an innocent cent.

itsnotjustme

<< <i>I wonder how these planchets get past the quality control people as the large coin metal strip the planchets are punched from would have to be missing the copper plating. >>



The planchets are punched from a straight zinc sheet, and the plating is done afterwards. Otherwise, the edges would have no copper.

coppercoins

<< <i>The planchets are punched from a straight zinc sheet, and the plating is done afterwards. Otherwise, the edges would have no copper. >>



D'ohh - I completely missed that statement in the original post.

Actually the plating doesn't happen until after the blanks are upset into planchets, and the mint doesn't do any of this any more. They farm that job out to the company that makes the zinc. The finished planchets are boxed and shipped to the mint.