I have a 1944 Wheat penny. It still has some "sheen", or "shine" to it, un like the other ones I have that are an extremely dull, dark copper/brown color. But not only that, it looks like its been "oxidized", and it caused its surface to "refract" with different colors. (Main color being sort of a rasberry/reddish color, mixed with some blue/greenish hues. Its actually sort of pretty looking. My question is, Why??? Why does it look like that? How did it/could have happened? Do all coins/pennies do this to some extend? Is it valuble? Thanks for any info you folks can provide.
Howdy coin-illiterate - Welcome to the Forum !! Sounds like you are described a coin that has toned. This is quite normal as all metal reacts with what it comes into contact with in the air. You can also cause coins to tone on purpose. As to value, that depends on many things but it's not going to be much - probably well under $1.
