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<p>[QUOTE="BronzeAge, post: 7397020, member: 119750"]What I meant by "lighten" was not anything to do with years of corrosion, but rather what polish compound would do to brand-new, clean metal. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's strange that it didn't affect the 2021 penny at all (pure copper clad), but it seems to lighten up any brass like or bronze like pennies from before 1982 (pre 1997 Canadian). None of the older pennies I polished look like copper now. They look like the amalgums they are supposed to be. </p><p><br /></p><p>But these are decades old and I don't remember what they looked like so long ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recall the original Sacagawea being more yellow like brass or gold (like the one on the left), whereas the one I polished now looks more like bronze, or a pale reddish orange.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any memories of the original coin? Should I just go buy a new one at the bank?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BronzeAge, post: 7397020, member: 119750"]What I meant by "lighten" was not anything to do with years of corrosion, but rather what polish compound would do to brand-new, clean metal. It's strange that it didn't affect the 2021 penny at all (pure copper clad), but it seems to lighten up any brass like or bronze like pennies from before 1982 (pre 1997 Canadian). None of the older pennies I polished look like copper now. They look like the amalgums they are supposed to be. But these are decades old and I don't remember what they looked like so long ago. I recall the original Sacagawea being more yellow like brass or gold (like the one on the left), whereas the one I polished now looks more like bronze, or a pale reddish orange. Any memories of the original coin? Should I just go buy a new one at the bank?[/QUOTE]
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