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1973 *plated* Penny
clerric
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When I was born my mother got me a baby penny. For mine it was a weird silver one. She hung on to it until i was old enough not to just sell it, I nearly forgotten about it.
Google says its worth a lot, I'm curious if it really is.
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The coin is plated. The plating is peeling between the O and N in ONE. Only worth sentimental value.
Just a plated penny worth 1c
You guys are slippin.
The first question.
Does it stick to a magnet?
Its plated unfortunately for you.
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it doesnt stick to a magnet
oh well it was nice thinking I had something worth something
Thank you for looking at it, its appreciated
If it were aluminum it would weigh considerably less than a copper cent. Weigh it.
bob
vegas baby!
Aluminum will not stick to a magnet. It needs to be weighed.
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Look at the bright side. It's melt value is greater than its face value.
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc
True I was just starting with the
The chrome shop years ago used to test the plating process with pennies.
A dip in copper, then nickel and then chrome before the real work started.
It looked a little bit too shiny for mercury coated.
Probably nickel plated then.
According to traditional folklore, crossing the palm of a new born baby with silver or offering them a silver penny is a way of wishing them a wealthy and healthy life.
The coin may not have value, but the act from my mom does. I lost her a while ago, I wouldn't have ever known the reasoning behind it. Thank you
It was pretty cool, I found a lot of old coins I collected when I was a kid. Mostly it was change someone gave me, a penny from the 1800s, some weird dull silver dollar coin, weird dimes etc. I only collected them at the time because they were different. It was a fun visit to find them and remember how I came across them.
I always wondered if anybody actually collected an album of plated Lincoln Cents?
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Nice story