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john100 Pillar of the Community Canada 5324 Posts	Posted 06/25/2018 6:46 pm Picked up this odd looking penny for a lark at recent Torex show, had it XRF today 75% zinc, almost 25% copper and a touch of tin weighs 2.37 g just an ugly dark toned goldish colour. Is there such a 1979 brass penny ? Tried to match foreign planchets but nothing really matches Edited by john100 06/26/2018 6:45 pm Report this Post to the Staff

okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5597 Posts	Posted 06/25/2018 7:10 pm '97 was the start of the copper-plated zinc core cents. What you have is normal. What kind of XRF did you use? Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 06/25/2018 7:23 pm Report this Post to the Staff
john100 Pillar of the Community Canada 5324 Posts	Posted 06/25/2018 8:52 pm According to a couple references, the 1997 penny is 98% zinc and about 2% copper, lost track of posting a pic, will try latter. The XRF was a rather large table top version at Canadian Coin and Currency goes to like 4 decimal points Edited by john100 06/25/2018 8:56 pm Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4601 Posts	Posted 06/25/2018 10:38 pm But it only goes so deep... -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10464 Posts	Posted 06/25/2018 11:05 pm I have seen some unplated coins from that date....and diffuse plating errors... as well as just some nice golden toned coins, are you able to post a photo? "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 06/27/2018 8:57 pm Pure coincidence, I found this penny in a drawer today. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10464 Posts	Posted 06/27/2018 10:03 pm John100 - is the diameter of your coin slightly larger? The term " Texas Cent" comes to mind when I see stuff like this... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
john100 Pillar of the Community Canada 5324 Posts	Posted 06/27/2018 10:36 pm Yes the penny has a slightly larger diameter, according to some references the 75% zinc 25% copper is known as Prince of Rupert brass or like a fools gold. Along with many other pennies I can see why this coin was pulled out, it is just weird looking, almost want to polish it, just kidding ! Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9875 Posts	Posted 06/27/2018 10:53 pm And I thought a Texas Cent was a hundred dollar bill. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
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