after finding that one odd 1987 penny. i searched my other pennies, really excited. i found another penny that was odd. it is colored differently than anyother penny i have ever seen. it's more of a gold rather than copper. not totally gold but goldish. what does this mean? thanks cory
Color means nothing. Given the right chemical environment, a cent can turn almost any color imaginable. It could also be plated.
There are known specimens of what some call a Brass Cent. These come about due to an incorrect mix of the composition of the planchet in copper cents and incorrect mix of the composition of the plating for the Zinc cents. These sometimes fetch a premium over normal Cents of the same year when in high grade! Frank
True, it could be a "brass plated" cent. These are thought to arise from zinc contaminating the copper plating solution. Copper + zinc = brass. It is said that the effect can be duplicated by heating normal zinc coins in an oven.
While we are on the subject of pennies that havew an odd color i have many 1950-D and a 1956 that are colored red/maroon.... I really have no idea i may just post a seperate thread
