1967 Penny Is this Brass ??

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Yes it is.

 

Yup, brass.

 

It's not Zinc.

 

Is this penny rare?

 

No it is bronze with a possible brass coating from a science experiment. IMO

https://www.sciencecompany.com/Turn-Copper-Pennies-Into-Silver-and-Gold-Pennies.aspx

 

According to NGC Coin Explorer it is brass.

 

No.

 

Cents were bronze until 1962 when the tin was removed from the composition. From 1962 until the switch to copper coated zinc they were brass.

 

I accept that , but I felt that the poster thought it was a composition error~ value, I stand with the second part of treatment ( if your photo colors are close to accurate) and 1 cent. Jim

 

I'm just confused because everywhere I read says there was no brass cents made, for example this one

 

Please dont use answers.com for anything. It’s filled with misinformed people spouting garbage.

Secondly, they call them pennies and they are actually cents. Any credible source of information would get that right.

 

That's definitely a brass penny and none were made that was never suppose to be made and yes I'm calling it a penny

 

Can you take a pic of the LM with light if real brass it will show green in bright light

 

Struck on Brass Planchet

 

You need to look at more knowledgeable sources. All cents produced from 1962 to early 1982 were made from 95% copper 5% zinc. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, hence all cents produced from 1962 to early 1982 are brass.

 

As @l.cutler and others have said, your cent was struck on a brass planchet. So were Billions of other cents, so I feel reasonably confident that it is a normal coin that just looks different because of some environmental toning. However, if you really feel that it was struck on a planchet with the wrong composition, there is an easy way to find out. Send it to an accredited testing lab for compositional analysis like XRF. You probably want to have few areas checked to make sure the results aren't skewed by any surface contamination. I would also have them test a normal cent to assure that any differences you see are statistically significant. Probably going to cost in the $1000 +/- range, but since you seem to disagree with the answers provided, this can confirm that you're right. You could also try XRD to see if there are any phases besides alpha-Brass, but unless you have reason to believe that you have more than approx. 35% zinc (versus the standard 5%), it will all show up as alpha.

Hope this helps

 

I do not recall ABE disagreeing with anyone