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I was going through a roll of pennies tonight and this 2003d pops right out at me. The color is different color yellow which my camera can't seem to capture the true color of the penny but I put it with the rest Of the pennies in hopes you can see the difference. I never saw a penny this class color. Is it real or are they adding new colors?      |
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I'm guessing gold plated.
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Edited by OcalaFlorida
11/14/2015 9:51 pm
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It could be a "Brass Plated" cent from the mint. Sometimes too much dissolved zinc builds up in the electroplate solution before they change it. I will post one for you to see.
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Some of my early pics, I forgot how bad they were the penny is yellow and the rim is picking up color from the coins around it.    The quarter was gold plated after it left the mint. Edited by CoinMasters
11/14/2015 10:09 pm
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Wow that's interesting! Thank you guys. I don't think it brass plated
because I have one that I believe is brass plated like what's in the picture above
but this is totally a different color. I would have to say it looks like
the 1988 and the quarter color. I don't have a scale but it feels lighter
than the other pennies but not sure.
So if it's not a real penny but its
part of the Lincoln cents is this something they consider a gold penny?
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The Brits have pennies, we have cents. Lol. Penny is used here by most. People that work where gold plating is done often throw coins in.
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You can tell the quarter was plated after it left the mint because the scratches are plated. George looks like he's enjoying a smoke.
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Lol your too funny CoinMasters. Made me laugh so hard, I needed that tonight lol.
It's pretty awesome though finding this one. Very different from what I'm used to finding. I'll have to get a scale one of these
days.
Thankyou all of you, I found this one very interesting learning experience. Honestly when I first
asked I thought one of you were going to tell me it was a Chuckie cheese coin
or something lol.
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A scale is a great thing to have, whether you collect or not.
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Thank you. I bought one back some time ago
but it didn't seem to really work that good so I returned
It. I'll have to look around for another one.
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I've found modern Zincolns to vary between a golden color to brilliant red. I posted a topic many moons ago as to which type collectors prefer. (See here) The overwhelming majority were in the "Don't collect Zincolns" category and the rest preferred red. |
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My scale was about $12 on Amazon. Measures to the hundredth of a gram, and very accurate. The only downside is the max capacity- 100 g. |
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I doubt you will want to pay the price for a scale that can tell the difference between a brass plated and a copper plated cent. I don't think there will be a difference in weight.The only way to truly know if it is a brass plate is to find it in an uncirculated roll and not in circulation. John1  |
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Posted 11/14/2015 9:43 pm
