Uncoated 1982 Penny Question

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• ironhorse19 Posts: 136 ✭

  February 24, 2008 12:35PM

  Jason,
  
  Anything(well almost)is possible. Pics would be really good. Personally, I upload to Photobucket then use the image code provided by Photobucket to paste the image into the post. Photobucket will also let you resize your photo with no loss in clarity or detail. JMO
  
  Looking forward to your photos!

  If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up somewhere else.
  

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• amiller Posts: 893

  February 24, 2008 12:38PM

  Most of these are the result of high school science experiments where the copper is removed but the zinc remains. I don't remember how though, is it acid, electrolysis?

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• crazyinoregon Posts: 51

  February 24, 2008 1:33PM

  found this one the other day. pardon my crappy pictures as i dont have any of the fancy coin imaging stuff and etc. anyhow, this penny is almost a pink or rose colored. i showed it next to a regular penny for comparison.
  
  
  
  

  Change is good!
  my other favorite silver
  

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• robkool Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 24, 2008 1:42PM

  It's intresting to note that my 1983 cents look more like a brass/gold cents than a red ones...
  Hmmmmm???

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• crazyinoregon Posts: 51

  February 24, 2008 2:04PM

  the red one above is an 82 D and the one on the left is a 73 D

  Change is good!
  my other favorite silver
  

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• tightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭

  February 24, 2008 2:07PM

  I'm sure there are unplated 82s out there. A picture would help.

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• BECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭

  February 24, 2008 2:09PM

  Only a guess but my guess is it was dipped in some kind of chemical at some point causing the color change.

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• cladking Posts: 28,732 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 24, 2008 2:10PM

  A lot of the '82 cents missed the barrel plating but they can be difficult to authenticate
  since they are easily faked. Really these are fairly common up through '84.

  tempus fugit extra philosophiam.

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• Sotty Posts: 373 ✭

  February 25, 2008 3:25AM

  Put any clad cent on a medium heat hot plate for a few hours and
  the copper will disappear and the cent will look
  like a 43.

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• GrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭

  February 25, 2008 3:46AM

  Here's an un-plated 82.
  It's probably (but who knows) from a science experiment.
  
  
  

  Ed

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• FredWeinberg Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 25, 2008 4:05AM

  The general rule is:
  
  If it's super bright and shiny, it's probably been re-plated
  
  If it's dark, dull, and grey, it's been de-plated.
  
  The coin above this message is an example of a
  dark, dull, grey, de-plated cent......
  
  

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