Canadian one cent 1859 in brass

The coin in the middle.
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Luis Fernando

 

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Sorry man, I don't think so. Just cleaned. What does it weigh?
EDIT: Also maybe if you request for this to be moved into "World and Ancient coins" you'll have better responses.

 

That's going to be tough. Tin and zinc are very close in density
(there's only about a 3% difference), so a brass cent would probably
be within the weight tolerance for a bronze cent--IOW, I don't think
you could tell by weighing.

LF.





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they make a different sound when dropped. which is which sound, not sure. please don't drop them far.

 

Almost the same sound

lf

 

To the person in charge (Moderator)


Request for this theme,to be moved into "World and Ancient coins''


Thanks

LF

 

Both cents are cleaned and they changed colour because of it, so I don't see why you care if they're brass or bronze.

 

Very easy answer

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Luis Fernando

 

Sorry Luis, your coin is not brass.

 

You just did a horrible cleaning job that changed the surface color.

 

It is not possible to tell a brass and a bronze coin apart by a visual inspection. Especially when you do not know the metal ratios used in the alloy. How much zinc is in the brass coin? I've never seen an exact alloy listing for that coin. People tend to think of brass as having a yellow color. That is true, if you have about 20% zinc in the alloy. But a brass coin with 5% zinc is visually indistinguishable for a bronze coin that is copper and 5% tin, Compare a 1961 Lincoln cent witha 1962 Lincoln cent. Can you see a difference in the metal? Probably not, but the 61 is bronze and the 62 is brass. And if the two metals are cleaned they are even harder to tell apart.

The only way to tell the two apart is to bombard the metal with x-rays or neutrons and study the reemissions to determint what metals are present and in what ratios.

 

only by exacting specific gravity tests will you ever know, or Condor's method.

 

I've asked the same question as the OP and got 1 answer (do a search). Who knows?

Bruce

 

The test for this is color (colour, if you are Canadian). However, from what I can make out of the OP's coin, it is not brass. At least it does not appear yellow to me.

per http://varieties.piczo.com/?cr=3&rfm=y

 

Thanks for the information.





Luis Fernando