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Weird 1984 D Penny
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I have noticed that this coin has a very weird appearance, as if it has partial plating. Any ideas if it is real or fake?!
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I was expecting Abe to look like he had one extra cup of coffee….
Weigh it. Looks like plated except in those copper areas on the obverse and reverse???. If you notice the E in WE on the obverse, the copper part is skinny and the silver part is thicker.
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
I could be a genuine partially plated cent. Sometimes the letters are thinner at the top on normal coins as well. Heres an 84 D where the top of the E is thinner.I would say genuine.
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The blank was cut out of the sheet like that, it's a partial plating error.
The blanks are plated after being punched out and being given the upset rim. It was not "cut out of the sheet like that."
I didn't know that. Then the individual zinc planchets receive the copper plating?
Yes. The 1943 steel cents were produced differently. The strip was plated, then the blanks were punched out leaving the edges unplated. That is why the steel cents are so prone to rusting. Evidently the Mint learned that lesson.
Otherwise the zinc would be exposed on the edge.
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It looks to me like it was partially plated after it left the mint.
( Perhaps someone trying to create a partial plated error)
If it was done at the copper plating stage of the blank, the rim on the obverse
would also be plated copper. This would also account for the thicker lettering on
the plated area. Hard to tell from the photo but it would be interesting to see
if the zinc area was higher than the copper area
The Zinc is lower than the copper
P.S. it weighs between 2.4 & 2.3 grams.
It just remindsme of a mini spring clamp was used to hold the coin for plating because of the even area/amount of copper on the obverse and reverse but keeping the edge exposed so it was also plated.
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
LOL
Thanks, subverting a message because of a spelling error is my cheap shot.
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No, I mean funny photo. I didn't mean to offend you.
This is the PCGS coin forum. I'm wondering why you're not sending it in for grading, you're right here.
Because I didn't want to spend money and then find out it's fake.
I’m sorry that I communicated poorly. You’re good. I appreciate your comment. Dying is easy, comedy is hard.
True.
Well then the bottom-line is put it back in its 2X2 and forget about it because it has issues.
Imo, It’s been de-plated, and did not leave the Mint like that
O.K. , thanks for the info.
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There's what I mean. It's inconceivable to me too how this happened at the Mint.
Thank you