Do you mean copper plated ones or actual fakes. Fakes struck in copper are worth melt. Copper plated ones have no numismatic value, but perhaps there's a novelty value above 1c.
I found a plated one in a roll of wheat cents once - it appeared to have circulated for a while after the plating, which I thought was interesting. Another roll in the group also had an altered 14D. Maybe not worth anything, but neat to find nonetheless.
This is one Ive had since childhood. I bought it from a comic book ad, I think it was 25cents but Im not sure on that., Looks pretty darned good though!
Im no chemist but I think its rather easy to make up a home plating outfit using a D cell battery, weak acidic solution , pure copper anode and a glass tank.
My Father messed about once nickel plating model T parts with a home made rig in the basement and it actually worked quite well.
They're good for testing a magnet but not much else.
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It did give me a bit of a 'rush' when I re-found it in my parents attic about five years ago. It was laying in my old shoeshine kit I made in 6th grade shop class...along with a bunch of other wheaties.
Kind of 'ran for the magnet' myself on that one...then I 'remembed'.
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Another roll in the group also had an altered 14D.
Maybe not worth anything, but neat to find nonetheless.
My Father messed about once nickel plating model T parts with a home made rig in the basement and it actually worked quite well.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Must be from the same batch as they look very similiar
Kind of 'ran for the magnet' myself on that one...then I 'remembed'.
Magnets don't lie, though.