1927 D wheat penny color

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  1. Joe Rivera

    Joe Rivera New Member

    Anyone know why this penny has a distinct type of color I cannot find anywhere else ?
     

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  3. TheKingNerd

    TheKingNerd Member

    Hmmm.... might be just corrosion.
    Could u maybe get some higher quality pics?
     
  4. bhh

    bhh Well-Known Member

    I would say it could have had a brief stint underground.
     
  5. BadThad

    BadThad Calibrated for Lincolns

    Appears to be a VF-level coin, it should have no red showing. Most likely it was cleaned and retoned.
     
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  6. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    Looks cleaned.
     
  7. James Keffer

    James Keffer New Member

    BETTER QUALITY PHOTOS NEEDED
     
  8. James Keffer

    James Keffer New Member

    Can you explain "type of color" a bit. Ex. Chocolate brown, rose pink, lemon yellow.
     
  9. LA_Geezer

    LA_Geezer Well-Known Member

    But nice looking. None of the three I have come close to that one.
     
  10. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    When something is harshly scrubbed, it may look shiny, or nice, but it has scraped off a layer of metal that can never be returned and the coin is practically ruined,
    even though it "looks" nice.
     
  11. LA_Geezer

    LA_Geezer Well-Known Member

    Nonetheless, two of the three I have were all pulled from circulation many years ago, perhaps as early as 1960 when I was in my middle teens. I've just looked at all three and mine don't have nearly the detail that this one does. Your eyes must be far better than mine, Michael, because I see no evidence of scraping in the photos. I would have to estimate that mine are practically ruined too, even though there's no luster on them at all.
     
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