The coin in question has a brass color to it rather than copper. Is it an error or discolored by a chemical.
Howdy rweimert - Welcome to the Forum !! It's really hard to say without seeing the coin. But cents in particular come into contact with all sorts of stuff - so it easily could be due to a chemical.
Brass plated strikes If you want info on this subject. Here is the link to a previous post I posted. http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=4769
The usual answer is as GD says,however there me be another reason.It is possible it is Brass Plated. Don't get your hopes up yet but I thought you might want to read about some other brass cents first. Just click the link below, good luck! I hope this helps. http://koinpro.tripod.com/Brass.htm I would like to see a photo of yours.
