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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 7626897, member: 12789&quot;]FE cents are 88% copper and 12% nickel, they were called White Cents back when they came out because they were a lighter colour because of the nickel.&nbsp; With age the copper took over and toned to where they can be very similarly coloured to the earlier and later bronze cents that were 95% copper and 5% tin or zinc.</p><p><br /></p><p>As [USER=86437]@Fred Weinberg[/USER] has suggested, it is possible the coin received a plating somewhere along the journey.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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