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JWRAY
Penny Collector Member

USA
378 Posts
Posted - 03/26/2010 :  21:41:54  Show Profile Send JWRAY a Private Message
So what is the deal with this penny? Is it chemically treated or hopefully something a bit cooler? Just pulled it out of a NFStrings box. It has a proof like finish on it and is amazingly silver. I put it next to a normal to show its not just bad lighting in the photo.
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member



USA
2408 Posts
Posted - 03/26/2010 :  22:01:12  Show Profile Send beauanderos a Private Message
weigh it
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JWRAY
Penny Collector Member

USA
378 Posts
Posted - 03/26/2010 :  22:07:31  Show Profile Send JWRAY a Private Message
I can do that tomorrow at the lab. So if it is some odd planchet or something will it weigh less than the zinc?
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beauanderos
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USA
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Posted - 03/26/2010 :  22:19:16  Show Profile Send beauanderos a Private Message
it is likely zinc, possibly coated with mercury. I've found a half dozen like that. If it weighs 2.5grams, it is coated zinc, and not some strange planchet
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JWRAY
Penny Collector Member

USA
378 Posts
Posted - 03/26/2010 :  22:27:15  Show Profile Send JWRAY a Private Message
Coated zinc as in someone did some science experiment at home or something?
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cesario
Penny Pincher Member



129 Posts
Posted - 03/27/2010 :  03:15:34  Show Profile Send cesario a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by JWRAY

Coated zinc as in someone did some science experiment at home or something?


Probably. Theirs a slew of chemicals that will turn pennies different colors temporarily.

One of my old middle school teachers made one whole lab experiment into how to make Pennies turn gold with this one chemical and some heat from a bunsen burner.
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oldBPman
Penny Sorter Member



83 Posts
Posted - 03/27/2010 :  11:20:52  Show Profile Send oldBPman a Private Message
the same person must have had this penny also, I found this on monday, the 22. this one is more gold color, real smooth and shiney.
Edited by - oldBPman on 03/27/2010 11:23:01
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styropyro
Penny Sorter Member



USA
54 Posts
Posted - 03/27/2010 :  11:36:23  Show Profile Send styropyro a Private Message
There is a good possibility that it is chemically treated, look at the pictures in this thread.
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oldBPman
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83 Posts
Posted - 03/27/2010 :  13:23:44  Show Profile Send oldBPman a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by styropyro

There is a good possibility that it is chemically treated, look at the pictures in this thread.
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ok, mine looks just like the gold colored one
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JWRAY
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USA
378 Posts
Posted - 03/27/2010 :  17:45:20  Show Profile Send JWRAY a Private Message
Well I have a few that were chemically modified in the past, but upon close inspection you can tell there is something up. This one is in really super shape and I was hoping. Unfortunately it really is nothing special. I weighed it today and it was a shade over the normal 2.5 grams
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Wanderer
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Canada
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Posted - 03/28/2010 :  21:20:09  Show Profile Send Wanderer a Private Message
Ah, memories of high school chemistry.
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oldBPman
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Posted - 04/01/2010 :  06:40:05  Show Profile Send oldBPman a Private Message
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