Derrel

     I've run across a lot of steel pennies and all have weighed from 2.68g to 2.78g, some have been reprocessed and some not... I recently read about all the experimental metal combinations they tried in 1943 and was curious if the one I have here that weighs 2.97g and doesn't appear to be reprocessed and is magnetic, so it's not a copper planchet :( lol might be one of those experimental planchets being at this weight? I know the weight tolerance is around .1 to .13, I think, but this one is around .25 over. Have any of ya'll run across any that weigh this much over, in a steel cent? It might be common and I just haven't seen one til now :) These newer discoveries of different experimental planchets are pretty cool to learn about, it makes looking at steelies a little more interesting. One of the new ones weighs 2.70g and another 2.80g but this one would still be over, being it's not a copper... although I'm not sure which ones are magnetic and which ones are not. If I have gotten some facts wrong, please correct me so I wont go on thinking the wrong things. Thank you for looking and I appreciate any help and knowledge ya'll can pass on in this matter :)

On 9/2/2018 at 8:40 AM, Just Bob said:

I agree. Those proofs will sometimes get milky looking, but this one looks really nice.

Beautiful nickel

My 1917 wood grain penny...  Its beat up but I pulled it out of circulation. 

How are yall, I got a few coins I got questions about on if Im right on identifying,  can yall help? Here is the first one... 

1982 D small date that weighs 3.10 so its copper. Both of these are small date. i think,  but one weighs 2.5 the other 3.10 copper. i hope im right, not sure.