1862 Indian head penny counterfeit??

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1862 Indian head penny counterfeit??

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I picked up this coin at the Colorado springs coin convention a a couple years back from this guy who was handing out Indian heads at the end of the event. I've gotten suspicious, for it looks like it has been painted. If anyone could help, that would be much appreciated. Thanks- Curtis
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plz try again with your pics.....

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You paste links to them from your Google Drive, you have to upload the images from your computer using the attachment tab.

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Sorry about that. Here they are.
Looks like it’s painted
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this appears to be a "TYPE 1", .....

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do you have any way to 'accurately weigh, test the magnetic properties of, & get an measurement of the diameter' ??
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Yes,but I’ll have to do it later. Thank you. I’ll put up the info when I get it.

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here is my '62
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The coin is badly corroded and someone cleaned it or scrubbed it.

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@PALH1, the penny is 1.85cm diameter and weighs about two 2009 pennies (I didn't have a scale so I just balanced it out lol) and it is not magnetic.

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Pahl is talking about the planchet alloy type and not a DDR. You have bronze and copper with certain Indian Cents. The coin is so damaged that it matters little what is it, the coppers looks off color when it has been cleaned.

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MY BAD ....

this is what i was going for:
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Ah. Thank you for your guy’s help!

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