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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 588293, member: 16510&quot;]<b>I would not have thought that coin to be anthing but copper.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I would not have thought that coin to be anything but copper.&nbsp; But remember there are not many that see has much copper as I do.</p><p>I have seen and I own many just like this.&nbsp; It&#039;s a beautiful cent though, I love it but that color is all copper - copper will tone in so many shades that it boggles the mind and coins like this will someday be really appreciated - as is the coins I have like this would normally not be worth but $15 or so but the finest three I have I would not sell for $100 each - that&#039;s how remarkable they are.</p><p>By the way all of the ones I have and all of the ones I still own are early 1940&#039;s P,D, and S&#039;s so there may be something to the planchet materials being modified or experimented with - nothing would surprise me.&nbsp; I once open a bank wrapped roll of 1942-P and they were and still are as yellow as any of the yellow or brass type cents found in 1985, 1997, 98.</p><p>I mean butter yellow - I bet I made $400 on selling the singles for $10 or more each over time.</p><p>One more note then I will shut up - once there was an auction on eBay for 70 of these very cents (just like you have) and they didn&#039;t sell so I counter offered and won them for about a buck each.&nbsp; They were supposedly from Florida, a little old man had them wrapped in tissue for over 50 years - they looked just like your coin to varying degrees or others.&nbsp; Some magenta, purple, green, grey but with fabulous strikes and color through out - I gave some of the better ones to friends and sold most but still have a couple and when I saw your cent that&#039;s exactly what came to mind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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