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Lincoln Pennies116 of 1791972 Penny.... why does it look gold? 1943 Steel Penny
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    Posted 8 years ago

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    SmileyPenny
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    I got this penny and noticed that it was showing silver undernieth. Then I noticed everything was bigger. The worods, face and date.

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    1. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 8 years ago
      A 1993 Lincoln cent is copper plated zinc. Somebody apparently tried to clean it and exposed the zinc underneath.

      http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=75293
    2. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      It's been many decades since I handled U.S. pennies regularly & didn't know about this. Guess the gov't. really is broke !

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