1915 cent oddity

[coppercoins]

I remember hearing of a story that there was an experimental alloy used for some of the 1915 cents that shows today as striations (stripes) on some of the 1915 (Philadelphia, I would assume) cents. Has anyone else heard of this story, and can anyone confirm anything or add anything to this story?

[Robert]

Is this what you had in mind? http://www.byersnc.com/1915centdietrialcoinresource.html

[Robert]

Oh wow. Bought off of EBay?

http://www.coinworld.com/News/061002/News-3.asp


Here are some more oddities on the 'net:

http://www.surok.addr.com/RareCoinStories.htm

[coppercoins]

I'm guessing that's what it was, but I had it in mind that they were bronze, more or less, and were not "rare" if you knew what to look for. Perhaps that was a convoluted interpretation of the true story you posted the link to. At any rate, I do remember that you could "tell" because of the striped planchet. Heck, it's easy enough to tell on that one because of its color alone.