1967 Penny Is this Brass ??

I was just wondering if it was a composition error, not every day you see a bright yellow penny (cent).

 

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Cents come in many different colors depending on toning and what they have been exposed to. Two side by side in the second row are more brass in color than they are copper in color. If you have a high end coin shop near by, they may also have a device to tell you the composition of the metals.

 

Bank boxes are printed "pennies"

 

So do we call all pocket change cents or just pennies

 

This guy just broke out the phase diagram for brass. Definitely overkill, but I still feel like saying, BRAVO!

 

Remember those people in college who said, "you'll never use that after you graduate"? Well, I just showed them. Only took 30+ years to find an application

 

I remember generating one of these for a mixture of two organics when I was in undergraduate school...ah...memories...

 

Isn't brass 85% cu 11% zn 4% sn

 

No, that is bronze. The addition of tin [sn] makes it bronze. Brass is copper and zinc. There are no exact ratios though, there can be a range of the different metals.

 

Correct, there are a whole range of alloys that fall into both the brass and bronze categories with varying compositions, but the addition of Sn makes it bronze.

 

And just to mention, bronze is MUCH harder than copper or brass that's what makes it useful.

 

If I put them in a bank box labeled "dimes" will that turn them into dimes? No, the labeling on the container they are put into does not change the FACT that they are cents. They are what they are no matter what someone calls them.

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Well a penny is a penny so y call it a cent

 

I don't call pennies cents, I call them pennies. And I call cents cents. I believe that use of proper terms is important to help prevent confusion, errors, or misunderstandings.

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How could u prevent confusion when everyone in the world knows what a penny is and must of or all of the world knows there called pennies

 

Yep, here's an image of a genuine 1943 copper penny. Why does everyone seem to think they are valuable?


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And my mom knew that "A pint's a pound the world around"...that isn't true either. Now, American cents are called pennies, although the term applies to the British coin. I've never seen a two-cent coin called a two-penny or tuppence.

 

I have never seen a US cent with the word "penny" on it. They say the word CENT for a reason. As in centimeter is a 100th of a meter, a cent is a 100th of a dollar. Pennies tend to have the Queen on them also.

 

Well I just got a box of pennies at the bank and guess what it said pennies on the box not a box of cent

 

Numismatics is the study coins and paper money. As with any field of study, there is standard nomenclature. The official name for the coin valued at 1/100 of a dollar is “Cent”. While many people use the colloquial term “penny”, this is not correct.

If you’re just casually passing through the field of numismatics, and use the term “penny”, everybody knows what you’re talking about. However, if you want to learn about numismatics and continue to grow in experience and knowledge, then using the correct terminology will help your credibility. That’s why people are telling you that Cent is correct. They’re assuming you want to learn and grow in the hobby. Arguing with people who are trying to help you isn’t always the smartest way to gain their support. Just sayin’