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1972 S Penny Is Yellow In Color

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Doesn't seem to have lost details like my '68 acid-bathed example, and it looks like some has worn off (?), so I'm going to guess post mint plating

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PMD of some sort. Not sure what caused it, but it doesn't matter, since it's damage.
Errers and Varietys.
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Plenty of videos on Youtube showing how it is done as a "science" experiment.
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Copper coins can change many colours after they have left the mint
depending on the environment they have been exposed to.
Yours is one of these.
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it is environmentally caused.
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I agree, PMD.
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