Hello everyone , All that I'm going to say ( at least for right now ) is ' in what color were 1971 D cents struck in ? ' . Don't tell me any kinds of material like steel , aluminum , copper , bronze , etc. , just tell me the color , okay ? , good . And depending on your answers , I'm going to post pictures , a lot more details , etc. Thanks for reading this thread . Sincerely , Porsche2007
Well... Well... that's what I thought... , but I have a 1971 D cent that is steel looking , not copper or anything like that , I did some research and could not find my steel looking 1971 D penny . I ran an old metal detector on two different coins , my coin and a normal cent ( not a 1943 ) , and it made two different sounds , so now my question is what material is my coin made out of ? . I'm going to post a picture of it either today or tomorrow . Sincerely , Porsche2007
"Mercury, Mike Mercury" Weigh the coin. It is a common trick among kids and others with the mind of nine-year old boy to coat a cent with mercury. Mercury is poisonous, of course, but fun to play with. You see enough cents, you see them like this. When I ran the "Reader's Ask" desk at Coin World, I got more a couple in mail from people thinking they had found a cent in the wrong metal. Weigh the coin and if it weighs more than a regular pre-1982 cent, then it is coated with mercury -- which, again, is a poison. So, you should not handle the coin any more than is absolutely necessary.
