I found a yellow penny last night.. yellow as can be.. almost looks gold. It's a 2000 Lincoln.. Anyone else seen this?
Really..came right off..I might try that.. Sure is a pretty penny anything I might have right here in the home to dip it and check? That wont hurt the penny?
I don't remember when or where I found this gold plated cent but I kept it for no good reason.It was some kind of promotion or ad for Siemens financial.It had a gold metallic disc epoxied to the reverse with their name on it.I have been unable to get the glue off so here it is.and NO I'm not dipping it in acetone...LOL
Strange. I wonder if it's a real coin. You stated it is as thin as a dine and not as thick as a real cent? I would have said just plated for fun or something but the thinness makes me wonder if the whole thing is just made up for somethig or someone. How is the weight? If you had a balance scale you could tell a little more by weight. regardless, unless you need the money for the penny, i wouldn't try dipping it anything.
Did that first thing...It's the same weight as a reg. penny.. and... I won't dip it in anything.. Don't know heads or tails about trying to clean a coin..lol I have beautiful nickel too it's soooo blue. Still in a mint pack , and blue as can be. This happen often?
Carl.. it's not as thick as a penny, might be just a hair thicker then a dime.. gosh it's hard to tell.. If I was at work, could find out.. but here at home, best I can do is lay them side by side.. If I had to pick.. I'd say closer to a dime...maybe
chocho, I guess the lighting was off in my first pics so I took one next to a non plated cent.It is exactly the same color as yours.So since it actually weighs the same as a regular cent,it is just a gold or brass plate job.I can't explain the difference in thickness though.Can you take a picture of just the edges next to another one?Try sticking them between the pages of a book and snapping a photo that way.I've done it and it works pretty well.
This is strange. You say it's thinner than a normal cent and thicker than a dime but weighs the same as a cent. Strange. Of course the weight depends on what you used to weigh the coin. If just a slightly inacurate scale, the wight difference would not be noticeable. However, with a normal balance scale, again the weight would depend on the other coins wear and date. You must remember that the Lincoln Cent has had it's composition changed over the years several times. so you should use a similar 2000 date cent if comparing. Still something is strange about it's size. If it is some kind of counterfeit, someone sure needs a life. However, regardless of what it is, I wouldn't try cleaning it since it just may be some kind of Mint problem. You may want to contact coppercoins.com for a possible solution.
Here is one theory, (I have a few cents similar to the coin in question). I believe they are "brass plated". Post 1982 cents are made of zinc, and then plated in a bath of copper. When/if some of the zinc planchets get "lost" in the bath, they slowly dissolve and the additional zinc turns the bath of copper to brass.
