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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 588704, member: 16948&quot;]Thanks for all your comments and feedback.&nbsp; Let me just add, I&#039;ve had this coin for about 15 years, and I&#039;m sure my aunt had it another 20 or more, as the 2x2 holder was very old and yellowed sealed with those old crimped-type staples.&nbsp; But who knows what someone did with this coin before that.&nbsp; Since I only collect and sell copper, I too have seen a lot of copper coins and know they tone all kinds of beautiful colors, mostly depending on how they were stored, though unfortunately, many these days have been manually or chemically enhanced.&nbsp; I have even seen some Indian cents that look close to this pretty silvery color, but not as blue/white as this one. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have also experimented with heating copper and none of them ever came out this color - they were various shades of pink and violet like Magman said.&nbsp; My experience also leads me to believe that the specific metal composition in coins changes from year to year as mentioned above.&nbsp; I&#039;ve also seen certain years that tone differently from the year before or after, like 1880 Indian cent.&nbsp; I have seen more beautifully toned coins from this year that have similar toning to each other, but not the same toning as coins from 1881 or 1879.&nbsp; Just as it is common to see woodgrain toning in specific years of Indian cents, like 1873 or 1908, whereas woodgrain is not as common in other years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Who knows if this 1942 is a pattern or how it got this color, I just wanted to share it because it was so pretty and unique.&nbsp; I love the toning on this coin, but I cherish it dearly because of where it came from.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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