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wert Rest in Peace 1988 Posts	Posted 08/25/2013 4:13 pm Guys my brother-in-law has a 1978 penny that is the same colour as a loonie...does anyone know if they had such a thing in 1978...? Report this Post to the Staff

Pokermandude Pillar of the Community Canada 1192 Posts	Posted 08/25/2013 4:28 pm Could be a foreign planchet. Or someone fooling around with plating. Or it simply toned that color. Would have to see pictures, weigh and measure it to know which. Report this Post to the Staff
wert Rest in Peace 1988 Posts	Posted 08/25/2013 5:51 pm Ok..i will get it off him and gets pictures and weigh it.. Report this Post to the Staff
jkol2369 Pillar of the Community Canada 607 Posts	Posted 08/26/2013 01:00 am Maybe gold plated wert.. Report this Post to the Staff
Alexer Pillar of the Community Canada 2632 Posts	Posted 08/26/2013 07:39 am Might be a jewelry penny there's tons of them out there. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10460 Posts	Posted 08/26/2013 09:37 am If the weight is correct, it is probably just a science experiment victim... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g_ml8tAnWE "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
wert Rest in Peace 1988 Posts	Posted 08/27/2013 8:28 pm Hi guys SPP, the coin weighs 3.18 grams and according to the info I have been collecting on coin weights, a 1978 used penny weights approx. 3.198 grams. Pictures of coin is below and one is next to a normal penny..thanks Report this Post to the Staff
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