Do pennies tone?

Joshiah

OK so I'm at work and i notice that one of the pennies in the cash drawer seems to be golden colored not red, brown or dirty. It is a 1979 with no mint mark and it appears to be toned a nice even gold on the obv. and almost even toned gold on rev. It does appear to be worn on the obv. but date and text are very clear. I wish I had a scanner or a camera but I don't so I can't really show you. Maybe if i get to dads i could get a pic if any one was interested in seeing it in the future. But any way do pennies tone gold and which mint is a 79 from with no mint mark. I'm just kinda happy I noticed it was differant and picked it up for my collection. I am not rulling out A/T because I know very little about it. thanks for your input.

Joshiah Small New Collector

ksteelheader

Yes!!!!!!!!!! See picture of 1922 Weak D

dwood

Hmmm...these did

bigtonydallas

The mint has produced pennies on a brassy looking planchet. They are not extremly rare but I do not know how mnay have been found from 1979.

darktone

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nwcs

Sure do! I don't have any pix handy, but I've seen some incredible colors on lincolns.

FatMan

Here's a big fat welcome to ya.

Thanks to all for the beautiful examples of toned Lincoln Cents.

mrfred

As I understand it, all bronze coinage will eventually turn very very dark.

ah

The answer is, yes!

Bear

Does a bear eat berries in the Woods???

Copper is a highly reactive metal, and will tone

if you even look at it funny.

Joshiah

cool. Thanks every one. mine looks like the second one down on the right in the pic with the whaet pennies. probabley not the most valuable coin in the world but it looks pretty nice to me.