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  1. ksanderson

    ksanderson Member

    I'm curious as to why the color on these 2 pennys the 1956 and the 1958 the two top left look so different than any other wheat pennys I own. The top right is also a 56 but doesn't look like the other. Any help would be appreciated 20200720_200501.jpg
     
    ksanderson, Jul 20, 2020
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  3. alurid

    alurid Well-Known Member

    Looks like they were in circulation for a shorter amount of time.
    Been handled less.
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    alurid, Jul 20, 2020
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  4. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Just a matter of where they've been and what they've been exposed to.
     
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  5. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    May have been on the dashboard baking in the summer heat... May have been in a sweaty pocket..... Anything and everything affects the manner in which copper tones..... If only they could speak.
     
    Randy Abercrombie, Jul 21, 2020
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  6. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Copper Cents and Copper plated zinc cents tone depending the environment they were found in.
    Environmental toning is a normal proccess.

    Here is a portrait of Lincoln made using different toned pennies. Capture+_2020-07-21-07-39-55.png
     
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