1987 Lincoln Cent, missing copper layer or post mint plating?

ChangeInHistory

It weighed in at 2.6, redbook says it should be 2.5. Looking carefullly at the pock marks, I saw no sign of copper plating.

I don't think it's 'right', but figured I'd post it and see what I missed

braddick

Looks post-mint to me.

FredWeinberg

If the true color of the coin is
'silver'-ish, or nickel color, then
it's without a doubt Plated -

(I say 'if' because on my screen,
the surfaces look like a pale copper
color)

The other rim damage, and dark
areas are all post-minting damage,
and I'm certain, from the 'shiny'
surface, that your cent has been
plated after it got into circulation.

candy2012mustang

Even though it looks plated to me (with some white metal)....I have heard of people stripping the copper off of post-1982 zinc core cents with a special cyanide that only dissolved copper...


Theodore Gray (writes for popular mechanics I believe) has one on his site:

http://www.theodoregray.com/periodictable/Elements/030/index.s7.html#sample30

-Kev

GrumpyEd

Looks plated not stripped.

Since it's already damaged why not take an xacto or something and give it a test scrape on the rim?