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bkh2015 Valued Member 156 Posts	Posted 08/21/2014 05:13 am Good Day, Found this 1980 1 Cent is different from other colour yellowish cent at the bottom. Is this just a toning or struck on other composition? Help please and thanks in advance! Edited by bkh2015 08/21/2014 05:20 am Report this Post to the Staff

Xanonite Valued Member Canada 218 Posts	Posted 08/21/2014 2:36 pm They all change a little different in time depending where they were kept, if they were cleaned...etc... I don't recall any mint mistakes with the metal they used to make them so I would say it's just toning. I have one cent that is one color on one side and another color on the other side. It was on the bottom of a roll, so one side was out in the air. It's good to ask though, they do make some coins differently and there are mistakes. Report this Post to the Staff
Alexer Pillar of the Community Canada 2632 Posts	Posted 08/22/2014 12:15 pm I think it may be the result of improper alloy mix, to much zinc or tin mixed into the copper will give it a yellow or brassy color. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10460 Posts	Posted 08/22/2014 4:08 pm Toning... some years turn yellow easier than others... "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
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10460 Posts	Posted 09/02/2014 9:21 pm That said... be on the lookout for yellow 1-cent coins dated after 1995... they were sometimes struck on two-dollar cores... http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/coi...825215&sid=0 "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
Alexer Pillar of the Community Canada 2632 Posts	Posted 09/03/2014 01:37 am Good link nice error SPP. It looks over graded though, I think it has "surface film doubling" as the dime sized planchet expanded in the penny sized collar. just my opinion Report this Post to the Staff
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