1982 Penny wrong planchet?

[Mjediane]

What’s up with this penny 1982 is it struck on a wrong planchet ?

[onecent1909]

I am trying to understand? What makes you think it is a wrong planchet? it looks like the correct size so am I missing something? is the color off on the coin? can not tell from the pic.

[MintErrors]

Mjediane

One of the more important things to note is the weight. It's nice to know to see if it is on an USA made planchet.

Why does this coin make you think it's on a foriegn planchet or wrong planchet ? We can't go by color or toning alone.

By the looks of the photos, the planchet size appears right, ir doesn't appear to have any devices missing or falling off the edge.

With the photo of the coin on a wood toned background, this sort of looks normal to me. Is the coin an off color?

The photo of the rim side kind of looks tapered. If it is, it may throw the weight off a little. It couldbe a tapered planchet. I will keep my SWAG's under wraps until we hear from you

[Mjediane]

Thank you both for your response I was wondering about the tone why it looks like silver more like the tone of a dime.

[onecent1909]

My guess would be that it is plated. as stated it is the right size for a cent. if ir was struck on a dime then it would be smaller and some detail would be missing.

[MintErrors]

In my opinion, we really need to know the weight of the coin before we can assess this coin any further. Scales with double digits past the decimal point (x.xx) in grams is a better choice, so the scale will not round up the weight. Scales like that can be bought for under 20 bucks, and can be used in the kitchen as well.

A few things can be looked at without a scale....

If the coin in question is placed on a table right next to another Lincoln cent and they are at the same height then, It's the right height. Then stack the two coins on on to of another. See if one is slightly larger than the other. While stacked, pick them up and compare the width of the rim, they should be close to the same width.

Again, it's difficult to assess a coin via photos without knowing the weight. The color or toning of coins can happen through many different ways like extreme weather changes, packaging materials, exposure to different metals, fabric or a host of many different things.

Sure, some one may have attempted to electroplate the coin but it would probably show some tell-tale signs. Typically if dome improperly, the rim may be darker. Show I perfections in the plating and if too much material was used, some pooling of the material might happen in between letters or numbers. Plating usually makes the coin shine more than a normal coin.

Plating would not affect the weight a whole lot.