Has anyone ever scanned a penny with a.....

[xpred558]

Has anyone ever scanned a penny with a XRF gun ??? Ive seen them at scrap yards before. There not cheap. I was just wondering what the results would be.

[Bluegill]

I had a Canadian penny scanned with the Niton. It was a young queen. It was silicon bronze. When I scrapped them out, that was the metal I was selling, not #1 or # 2 copper...

[henrysmedford]

From--http://realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2252&p=18853#p18759

I think this chart below will help explain why some wheats are "rejected".
I will be doing some further "alloy" studies, and comparing them to more recent coins, like 1980 1981 1982 coppers (what I use as my standard/sample/reference coin).
Most of these are coins my personal Ryedale "rejected"


Enjoy....
Andy

Click this link to see a larger version and complete chart.

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee20 ... YALLOY.jpg