Newb To Hobby - Question About Toning On Copper Cents

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Meztido New Member United States 27 Posts	Posted 05/01/2022 05:01 am Hey all. Last week I feel I got lucky and bought 58 rolls of pennies from an estate sale for about 10% of the price ebay sellers would charge lol. Finally cracked them open just now. Now I'm new to coin collecting and have quite a handful of wheats. However, they are all either brown, black or a nice red color. These cents have all the above, but I'm seeing some that are blueish/purplish in color. I do apologize as the pic isn't the best, but I tried to get a lot of them in the same pic so the quality kind of lacks. But what I'm wondering is this — are wheat pennies, or maybe pre 1982 pennies, able to tone naturally like this? Or is this artificial like from cleaning? Thanks in advance Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 05/01/2022 08:45 am Quote: are wheat pennies, or maybe pre 1982 pennies, able to tone naturally like this? I think you are asking whether copper tones to a variety of shades and the answer is yes. Typical is a chocolate brown, but depending on the specific storage environment, other colors are possible. It looks like you have a nice mix of circulated coins here so they would have taken all different pathways prior to being part of someone's accumulation. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 05/01/2022 09:32 am Spence summarizes it well. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 94614 Posts	Posted 05/01/2022 3:03 pm Yep, Spence calls it. Copper can tone to many different colors depending the environment they were exposed to. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 05/01/2022 9:10 pm Most circulated wheat cents take on that toned color . All yours do not look cleaned . Your good to go . Report this Post to the Staff
kenwright396 Pillar of the Community United States 1173 Posts	Posted 05/02/2022 06:28 am to the Community. Report this Post to the Staff
Ballyhoo Pillar of the Community United States 1613 Posts	Posted 05/02/2022 8:14 pm Agree with the others on toning. You did very well on the purchase. Time for an album to begin your journey! ANA member - PAN Member - BCCS Member There are no problems only solutions - the late, great John Lennon Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 05/02/2022 11:56 pm To the Forum. Report this Post to the Staff
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