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Posted 07/13/2015 1:15 pm
The darker color is from the plating rubbing on on the higher devices. The color you are seeing is the copper underneath. A Wheat cent and a copper cent from 1961 are the same weight. (taking into consideration the Wheat cent wasn't severely worn reducing the thickness. Then it would be less) You mentioned the opposite. The proof cents from that era are very shiny and have wider squared rims.
