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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCro57, post: 3050255, member: 92083&quot;]Apparently there are several examples, so they are rare, but not &quot;scarce.&quot; I have seen about a dozen slabbed and they all weigh about .2&nbsp; to .4 grams more than normal (mine is 3.3 grams instead of 3.1) though it&#039;s still within the tolerance level. I haven&#039;t seen any 1941 dates myself that were graded MS, but Heritage had a couple that auctioned off with later dates at mid-MS range for between $1,300 - $1,900. The TPG slab labels will sometimes state &quot;brass planchet&quot;, &quot;struck on brass&quot;, or sometimes &quot;improper alloy&quot; or will just denote the percentages. But &quot;improper alloy&quot; for cents doesn&#039;t always necessarily mean it is &quot;brass&quot;; it depends on the amount of copper and zinc.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen ranges on mixtures from 84% copper to 89% copper, whereas they are supposed to be 95% copper up to 1982 for some and zinc-coated for others; then only copper-plated zinc since 1983. </p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the genuine brass cents also have small orange blotches in spots from the ones I have seen (Abe is staring at one on mine) and will look very &quot;streaky&quot; throughout on both sides. Of course, they have a more noticeably different yellowish tint, and at the risk of sounding too simplistic, many actually &quot;look&quot; like brass. However, I also learned that just because a cent has a yellowish tint and has streaks, that doesn&#039;t automatically mean it is brass. </p><p><br /></p><p>From everything I have read, how this composition came to be is a mystery to Mint officials and nationally-known error experts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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