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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coin-illiterate, post: 51029, member: 3065&quot;]I have a 1944 Wheat penny.</p><p>It still has some &quot;sheen&quot;, or &quot;shine&quot; to it, un like the other ones I have that are an extremely dull, dark copper/brown color.</p><p>But not only that, it looks like its been &quot;oxidized&quot;, and it caused its surface to &quot;refract&quot; with different colors. (Main color being sort of a rasberry/reddish color, mixed with some blue/greenish hues. </p><p>Its actually sort of pretty looking. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My question is,&nbsp; Why???</p><p><br /></p><p>Why does it look like that?</p><p>How did it/could have happened?</p><p>Do all coins/pennies do this to some extend?</p><p>Is it valuble?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for any info you folks can provide.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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