When I got this one out of my penny lot, I thought it must be a 1943 penny. To the naked eye, it looks like a steel penny. However, it does not stick to a magnet and it's 2.53 grams. It really looks much darker than what it shows here and any other steel cent I own. Please share your opinions on whether I should keep it or spend it. =AZWgNxfD1u0aQ8WcNJaJmSSitFIR12WPEhTbfNICldACUrGSvSccibygy8RrO0ZkcGWpCTlgfT3J8wxbkQHXlMIlKXNfeIVEOtc6ezqv27l4rJb7FuCe935rNvufk9VP9rlD2GTIU2sW-eAVpmbFcCFm&__tn__=EH-R'] Like Comment Send
It's a spender, sadly not an error. If I remember correctly there used to be an experiment in science class that was used to strip the copper layer off of a post 1982 cent, it would only leave the zinc core.
@paddyman98 has pics, Coins just like yours. It would be lighter "hardly but still light. This one says heavy, I lean towards corroded.
Texas cent. I bet if you laid another cent on top of it, you would find that this one has a very slightly larger diameter…. You can take a modern cent and lay it between two pieces of leather and give it a couple of blows with a hammer and the copper layer falls away. You are left with a zinc cent that has a very slightly larger diameter.
I saw the stretching you could be right, except the coin would still be lighter than heavier. Looks the heaviest at IN GOD.
There is also a penny experiment where you scratch the edge to reveal the zinc then dissolve the zinc with a chemical. You end up with a hollow copper penny.
