odd colored penny

**penny person** · 08-31-2005 03:22 AM

after finding that one odd 1987 penny. i searched my other pennies, really excited. i found another penny that was odd. it is colored differently than anyother penny i have ever seen. it's more of a gold rather than copper. not totally gold but goldish. what does this mean?

thanks
cory

**Speedy** · 08-31-2005 08:42 AM

Search this forum for "Plated"...

Speedy

**mikediamond** · 08-31-2005 09:13 AM

Color means nothing. Given the right chemical environment, a cent can turn almost any color imaginable. It could also be plated.

**huntsman53** · 08-31-2005 05:03 PM

There are known specimens of what some call a Brass Cent. These come about due to an incorrect mix of the composition of the planchet in copper cents and incorrect mix of the composition of the plating for the Zinc cents. These sometimes fetch a premium over normal Cents of the same year when in high grade!

Frank

**mikediamond** · 08-31-2005 05:21 PM

True, it could be a "brass plated" cent. These are thought to arise from zinc contaminating the copper plating solution. Copper + zinc = brass. It is said that the effect can be duplicated by heating normal zinc coins in an oven.

**JVG814** · 09-02-2005 10:53 PM

While we are on the subject of pennies that havew an odd color i have many 1950-D and a 1956 that are colored red/maroon....
I really have no idea i may just post a seperate thread