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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 463482, member: 15062&quot;]Conder101 is essentially correct in that a zinc coating is deposited onto the copper of the cent and it forms brass when heated (melted) to the copper.&nbsp; If anyone tries this and you&#039;re using a post-1982 cent, don&#039;t overheat it because you can easily melt the cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another similar way to make a gold cent is using metallic zinc and hydrochloric acid.&nbsp; Dissolve the zinc in the acid.&nbsp; This forms zinc chloride and hydrogen.&nbsp; Add water and some more metallic zinc to the zinc chloride.&nbsp; Heat the mixture and drop the cent in.&nbsp; It will become zinc plated like the other method and can then be turned gold by heating.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is also a &quot;green&quot; galvanizing method which can be used but it&#039;s a bit more complicated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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