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1987 D Penny?

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 Posted 01/28/2016  2:07 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add aneta to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
At work today this penny jumped out at me because of its color, looks almost like brass? Then I looked at it with my loop and found alot of bubbles, and raised metal? Any ideas on this?

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1987-D-Penny?

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 Posted 01/28/2016  2:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Pete2226 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Plating bubbles. Post '82 cents were plated with a very thin layer of copper - 8 microns thick.
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 Posted 01/28/2016  2:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add aneta to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I compared the color with 4 other 1987 D coins and it is totally a different color, almost yellow like brass?
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Color changes quickly depending on environmental exposure. Although this may make it appear a different color, they all started out looking the same. Your example has a particular problem with bubbling of that thin copper layer, but it ads no value.
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Looks like paint. Copper is bared on the high spots of the relief and the rim.
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