What do you know about non-copper plated zinc cents...

haletj

I found 2 1982 zinc cents in a roll today that have no copper plating. Very odd.

richbeat

Can you post a picture? There are legitimate unplated zinc cents, and some that are not legitimate.

haletj

Sure, I'll try to get a picture later today.

coppercoins

What do you know about non-copper plated zinc cents...

They are rather uncommon and are very commonly faked with chemical washes to remove the copper plating. Sometimes they are easy to detect, other times they take someone in the know to detect. I for one am not much in the know because I don't collect errors. I do know it has to do with the fullness of the details.