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Lincoln cent question

coinvac41coinvac41 Posts: 130 ✭
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I saw an ad in the current Coin World offering all 20 different Lincolns. Eight copper plated, 8- 95% copper and 4 proofs. If some of these 95% coppers end up in circulation, how is the best way to identify them?
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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 36,784 ✭✭✭✭✭
    weight.

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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    ....2.5 grams for zinc and 3.11 grams for copper. i think. image
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  • coinvac41coinvac41 Posts: 130 ✭
    image Why didn't I think of sorting by weight? Must have been a senior moment. I have been sorting 1982 cents by weight for years. Thanks for the jog!!!!!!
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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>image Why didn't I think of sorting by weight? Must have been a senior moment. I have been sorting 1982 cents by weight for years. Thanks for the jog!!!!!! >>




    ....image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,010 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They sound different when you drop them on a countertop. coppers have ring, the zinkers have a clunk. try it, youll see (hear)
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Drop them in salt water overnight image - no don't... just kidding. However, the zinc coins do degenerate extremely fast in salt water or acidic soil. Cheers, RickO
  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Drop them in salt water overnight image - no don't... just kidding. However, the zinc coins do degenerate extremely fast in salt water or acidic soil. Cheers, RickO >>



    ....or in the hand. image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington

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