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1998 Brass Plated Penny

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 Posted 01/19/2011  12:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Conder101 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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To some metalurgists, only the shell casing cents of the post WWII era would qualify as brass.

If the post WWII cents qualify as brass, so do the post 1962 to 1981 cents. They are both the same composition 95% copper 5% zinc.
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 Posted 01/19/2011  12:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wild Bill to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
take a common 2001 or any copper plated zinc penny

put it the oven @ 350 for about 12-15 minutes...this is no joke

and it will tone yellow in color.....

so, what I'm saying is that heat also has a factor in a coins color along with piss-poor composition of alloys
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