[Hallicrafters] Off-subject / soldering

[Langston, Mike]

Nobody on this list cares. My 6.22 grams worth ;)

Mike KL7CD

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From: hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of lrlayton at cox.net
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 2:39 PM
To: Duane Fischer, W8DBF
Cc: Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Off-subject / soldering

Sorry Duane, but I can't agree with what you say. Every copy of the "Redbook" , every other reference book I have, and every on-line reference that I can find states that the Lincoln cent weighed 3.11, not 4.11 grams during those years (except 1943) . Also eliminating  the small percentage of tin in the composition (a fraction of 5%) in 1962  could not have changed the total weight by nearly 25%. In fact the indian head cent also weighed the same at 3.11 grams from 1864 on until the Lincoln cent replaced it.

I have a scale here calibrated in grains, the average copper Lincoln cent weighs in at about 48 grains or a little less if worn. 48 grains equals 3.11 grams.

This is not the forum for this argument, but please check your facts again. If you can point me to any on-line reference to back up your information,  I would be happy to take a look at it.. 

Les 

---- "Duane Fischer wrote: 
> According to the Redbook, coin dealers I know and collector's such as I, 
> your information is wrong.
> 
> The Lincoln Wheat Cent from 1909 until 1958 weighed 4.11 grams. Maybe 
> somebody made a typo in your source and got a three where a four should have 
> been.
> 
> The Lincoln Memorial cent weighed in at 4.11 grams also. However, it was 
> first changed in 1962. While the copper remained at 95%, the amounts of Tin 
> and Zinc were juggled around. This dropped the weight from 4.11 grams down 
> to 3.04 grams.
> 
> The next change came in 1982 when the price of Copper was on the rise. The 
> weight of the penny dropped to 2.5 grams. The percentage of Copper went from 
> 95% to 2.4%. More or less, the penny became Copper plated!
> 
> So I stand on what I said and have many documented books on Numismatics to 
> back me up.
> 
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF
> 
> If you need specific compositions or weights for the 1943 Zinc Coated Steel 
> cent or the 1944 Artillery Shell Casing Cent, please let me know. I would be 
> happy to supply them.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <lrlayton at cox.net>
> To: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
> Cc: <Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 2:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Off-subject / soldering
> 
> 
> > Not sure where your info on the Lincoln cent came from, but my copy of  "A 
> > Guide Book of United States Coins" by R.S. Yeoman says that the 95 % 
> > copper with 5 % tin and zinc cent had a weight of 3.11 grams from 1909 
> > until the change to copper plated zinc in 1982 (with the exception of the 
> > war time zinc coated steel cents of 1943). A minor change in composition 
> > was made from  1962 to 1982 that eliminated the small percentage of tin, 
> > but the weight remained the same at 3.11 grams until 1982. From then on we 
> > got the lightweight copper plated zinc version of today with 97.5 % zinc 
> > and 2.5% copper.
> >
> > I have a few radios with copper plated chassis and that hasn't proved to 
> > hold up too well over the years against corrosion and neither do the 
> > copper plated zinc cents.
> >
> > Les Layton
> > a boatanchor and Lincoln cent collector
> >
> >
> >
> > ---- "Duane Fischer wrote:




> >>
> >> FYI: From 1909 through 1958 the Lincoln Wheat Cent weighed 4.11 grams. It
> >> was composed of 95% Copper. Then in 1962 the United States Mint reduced 
> >> the
> >> weight to 3.04 grams by altering the 5% mixture of Tin and Zinc contained 
> >> in
> >> the Lincoln Memorial Penny! However, the 95% Copper remained the same! 
> >> Then
> >> in 1982 the United States Mint went totally radical and reduced the 
> >> weight
> >> of the Copper Penny down to 2.5 grams! The penny now only contained 2.4%
> >> Copper! Hence, it was a Copper plated Zinc + Tin coin! No longer a true
> >> Copper penny!
> >>
> >
> >
>
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