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
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Aluminum will not stick to a magnet. It needs to be weighed.
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