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I just opened a fed roll of 1984 pennies. in it I found a silver cent (zinc NO COPPER) I do collect coins but I can not find anything on this. I scratched the side of the plancet thinking someone may of plated this one... it seems to be just (ZINC)???? Thanks
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Russ,
All Lincoln cents since mid-1982 are made almost entirely of zinc, with just a thin outer layer of copper. Incomplete plating of the strip that the coin blanks are cut out of happens occasionally, resulting in what you have -- an unfinished planchet error.
With the billions of pennies minted every year, this error happens more often than you might think. These sell at coin shows, generally in the $1 to $2 range.
I hope this helps,
Dan
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Dan Moore
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