GOLDEN PENNY

mj22333

Yesterday i got a golden penny from the cashier at a supermarket. I was wondering if anyone can tell me any information on it. It was from 1996.

mj22333

Someone please reply

baccaruda

I know of no golden penny.

ziggy29

First of all, welcome.

Second of all, you don't need to post it in two threads.

Third of all, it looks like it's dated 2000, not 1996.

Fourth of all, the picture is too small to tell anything, whether it's just an off-colored 2000 cent or if someone dipped it something to make it change color.

Cherwood

The pic that you have attached is a 2000 penny. There are no pennies made of gold, but perhaps you found one that someone gold plated. I found a nickel once in change that had been gold plated.

mj22333

Please read article
http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article1927.chtml

Russ

mj22333,

It's most likely a plated novelty piece worth a penny.

Russ, NCNE

Baley

here's a pic of my gold penny. it's worth a bazillion dollors (to me)

Russ

Baley,

That one is very nicely done.

Russ, NCNE

Conder101

<< <i>Please read article >>


Ok I read the article and it does not apply since it is only a suggestion and no such thing has ever been done. Many coins get plated after they leave the mint by companies on private citizens. They are worth nothing. Sometimes the plating solution that Altrista uses to copper plate the zinc planchets for the mint gets contaminated when a zinc planchet gets stuck and corrodes in the plating barrell. When that happens the planchets get plated with both copper and zinc creating brass which can have a golden color. Value is basicly nothing as it can be very easily faked outside the mint but applying a flash brass plating. So your coin is a curiousity, nothing more. Sorry.

P.S. You need some patience. Don't start asking for answers again after just 3 or even 13 minutes. Some of us only come by once a day, we don't sit there just waiting for someone to ask a question. (Sorry if I sound snappy, I'm tired.)