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I found a 2000 penny that looks like it is made out of lead like the 1943 penny.There is no ment mark on it. I was wondering if that is possible. thanks Brenda
Hello, Brenda, I don't know of any U.S. coin ever made out of lead. The 1943 cent was made out of zinc coated steel. The regular 2000 cent was made out of copper coated zinc. My guess is that someone stripped off the copper coating from your 2000 cent, thus exposing the zinc, which is silver in color. Jim Lawniczak
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Jim Lawniczak
Expertise
I will answer your questions about encased coins (lucky pennies), which are advertising and event tokens with coins, unually cents, struck with the token.
Experience
Long time collector of encased coins and author of several articles on encased coins.
Organizations
TAMS, ECI (Encased Collectors International)
Publications
TAMS -- several articles on encased coins, in particular the encased coins of the 1901 Buffalo Pan American Exposition
Casement -- many articles on encased coins
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