Hey Everybody, I am new to coin collecting, as i was going thru my inheartance today of 9000 pennies.. and sorting them out from 1959-82 and 82-Date i came across (4) 1983 pennies that had a gold shine to them, not that copper plated zinc tone to them? could these be errors?? or am i just seeing things b/c i was looking at toooo many pennies, i also took a pic of a penny that should be copper plated zinc and it LOOKED VERY DIFFERENT IN COLOR one to the left is diff color front 2 are diff then the back one I also found a 1967 copper penny but it seemed to be pealing? could this be anything, i tried my best to take a picture thanks for any help
I could go into a long explanation on why it is not gold, but story short, no. This website is great for new collectors to learn and always come here and ask your questions becuase theres no such thing as stupid questions.... just stupid people :devil:
It is almost assuredly yellow brass produced from the reaction of zinc dust and the copper layer and heat. A favorite chem lab experiment. http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/gold-pennies Jim
Ik it was not gold... but the title came in to make you read, just so i can see if it is not worth anything as they are not. i will put them into a penny roll for face value to spend at the casino
Either that or just spend it. I got one in change recently and really did a double-take when I saw it.
The last looks to have been lacquered. A common practice to keep coins shiny way back in the past somewhen.
Listen sonny, 1967 is not "way back in the past", that would be back in the early 20th century. To the OP, don't forget to check your '83s to see if they are solid copper. If you find one of them it would be as good as a gold one.
None have been here before. Read the above and tell us how the size and weight compares to a normal appearing cent. If they are lose to the same diameter, a gold cent would weight 2.5X as much as a copper plated zinc 2012 cent, over 6 grams rather than 2.5grams. Jim
