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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;girldly, post: 2133697, member: 74386&quot;]CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT OTHER COINS WERE MADE AT THE DENVER MINT THAT MAY CONTAIN ELEMENTS OTHER THAN COPPER (LIKE THE PENNY) from 1970 - 1974?&nbsp; Or, can it be researched somehow...and I don&#039;t mean on-line (no luck there)...when a penny is&nbsp; NOT COATED, and the color of silver is revealed by a&nbsp; scratch, how do I know what that penny was made from?&nbsp; I weighed it, its less than a regular copper penny, and its magnetic enough to attach to a cheap magnet.&nbsp; However, it is a penny from 1972, not 1974.&nbsp; My thinking is that it went thru on another planchet.&nbsp; Any help or ideas would be appreciated.&nbsp; I am new to this, I guess that is obvious!&nbsp; But please be kind, and I really do appreciate sincere help.</p><p><br /></p><p>NEWS TODAY:&nbsp; I TOOK MY PENNY INTO A PCG MEMBER AND HE AUTHENTICATED IT AS A TRUE PENNY.&nbsp; HE SAID SEND IT IN IMMEDIATLEY...AND LET&#039;S FIND OUT what it is made of.</p><p>He quickly offered to help me sell this coin...he is very kind.&nbsp; However, this new find needs answers such as what is its composition?&nbsp; What elements does it contain?&nbsp; He said he likes PCGS, BUT, he said NCG are also good.&nbsp; Will these companies list the elements the coin contains?&nbsp; Who should I send it to? </p><p>PROVENANCE:&nbsp; The provenance behind this penny is quite a story.&nbsp; It has been in my husbands grade school milk carton (along with all his special items as a kid, like a plastic army man, beads, part of a dollar, shell casings from his dad getting a turkey, rocks, and this penny.&nbsp; There is more to this story....when my father passed away in 2008, I inherited his coin collection.</p><p>Now I am a true coin fan.&nbsp; One day, my husband saw me going thru the collection, marking some wheat pennies, and it was only a few weeks ago he told me about this strange looking penny he had as a kid.&nbsp; He pulled his &quot;Milk Carton&quot; (for those who are too young to remember, they were the square hard plastic red and white cartons we got with our lunches, filled with Milk.&nbsp; You squeezed (or ripped) them to open and put your straw in.&nbsp; Anyway, he cut his carton, and kept it at home for his special stuff.&nbsp; He went to the basement, and got it out of a box with his childhood memorabilia and brought it upstairs to me. </p><p>I viewed it, and asked him why were there a few scratches on each side, and he said he was bored during class, noticed that the penny did not look right, and so he scratched it.&nbsp; Ok, he was only a kid, so we will move past that...at least he did not scratch any of the writing or face of Lincoln...here is the kicker...Where he scratched the coin it shows silver color.&nbsp; No copper. </p><p>I called NCGS and was told to take it to a registered shop and have them authenticate it.&nbsp; Well, it passed, as I said earlier.&nbsp; The dealer&nbsp; was so amazed by this penny.&nbsp; He told me it is a true Penny.&nbsp; I asked should I send it in, and he said, YES, ASAP.&nbsp; He asked me to let him know what the finding are, and that he would love to sell it for me.&nbsp; One question for all of you experts...should this penny be valuable...how should my husband and I go about selling this rare find?&nbsp; We have no idea.&nbsp; I saw in an article the name &quot;Heritage&quot; mentioned, but I have no additional information. </p><p>I guarantee that if anyone reads this, you know more than we do.&nbsp; I am just a beginner...</p><p>Thank you for your help.</p><p>Oh, that penny has been in his milk carton since 1973.....quite a true story about our 1972 D Silver color penny.&nbsp; More information later when the results are in...I wish I knew which location to send it to.&nbsp; Please, reply... penny enthusiasts...we need help.</p><p>Girldly[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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