imafishingnutt
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What do you guys think of this penny it appears to be aluminum.
Maby I should leave the country..>LOL Kidding i better look into this .Mackaydon said:Here's another entry (Wikipedia) that concerns the '74 aluminum cent. Note the last sentence.
Don.........
The 1974 aluminum cent was a one-cent coin proposed by the United States Mint in 1973. It was composed of an alloy of aluminum and trace metals, and intended to replace the predominantly copper–zinc cent due to the rising costs of coin production in the traditional bronze alloy. 1,570,000 were struck in anticipation of release, but none were released into circulation. Examples were passed out to US Congressmen in a bid to win favor in switching to the new alloy. When the proposed aluminum cent was rejected, the Mint recalled and destroyed the examples. A few aluminum cents not returned to the Mint are believed to remain in existence. One example was donated to the Smithsonian Institution, while another was alleged to have been found by a US Capitol Police Officer. Since the United States Secret Service is tasked with the seizure of any specimens, the legality of the coins is in doubt.
Don....
would you like to see a pic of me holding it.Coinlover said:looks like a copy and paste job.
this penny is not a fake and bake. like the videoEvolution said:http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,112096.0.html
how to make your own gold and silver pennies. The fact that its a 1974 and that story is floating around about the aluminum penny makes this interesting.
YOU ARE RIGHT' IT'S NOT POLITE TO MAKE YOU OUT AS A LIAR'' WELL YOUR PENNY LOOK'S JUST LIKE THE ONE I HAVE''''''' AND HAVE HADE SINCE 1975;;;;;;;;;;;; DO THE WEIGHING OF IT'' AND Y WILL SEE''' ALUMINUM ON''''''''imafishingnutt said:What do you guys think of this penny it appears to be aluminum.
They didn't start using zinc in pennies until 1982 did they? A 1974 would be copper with no zinc!shanegalang said:I am a coin collector. I have a 1982 like this one. Someone just removed the copper.left the zinc. You can tell by weight. A 1974 cent (not correctly called a penny) weighs 3.11 grams.
Cents up until 1982 were .950 copper and .050 tin and zinc. Good point tho.that's not allot of zinc. But there is some in there.......perhaps a planchet of aluminum or zinc got mixed in with a batch of copper planchets intended for cents. Its my understanding that our mints have/maybe still do mint coins for other countries. That said I imagine another planchet could have found its way in with cent planchets before minting.Evolution said:They didn't start using zinc in pennies until 1982 did they? A 1974 would be copper with no zinc!shanegalang said:I am a coin collector. I have a 1982 like this one. Someone just removed the copper.left the zinc. You can tell by weight. A 1974 cent (not correctly called a penny) weighs 3.11 grams.