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Your coin DOES have plating, but it's not copper plating.

The switch to copper-coated zinc wasn't made until mid 1982. Before that cents were struck in bronze. That means you have a bronze cent that was plated with a silver-colored metal for use in jewelry or similar. Unfortunately it's an altered coin worth only a penny.

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