Do modern cents tone like the old classics?
Longacre
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I received in change, three bright, shiny 2005 cents. I wanted to run an experiment to see if the new cents tone like the old-time copper cents (I am sure someone has done this already, so please tell me if I am wasting my time). I cut a little piece of scrap wood (a 2x4) and put the cents on the freshly cut wood. Does anyone know whether the cents will tone wildly (and more importantly, whether I can then submit them to PCGS or NGC, and later sell them for an Obscene Profit™?).
Always took candy from strangers
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
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aware of has arisen in just the last couple years.
It's unlikely that you can make a great deal of money at this but good luck.
By the way, the zinc Lincolns can be very fragile and will corrode if given
half a chance. Many of the earlier memorials left the mint with unstable
surfaces and should be stabilized in acetone before any such experiment.
It's ironic that it's already to late to perform such tests on coins like the
mint set '68 cent because all of these already have carbon spots.
Russ, NCNE
Here is one that I found in circulation. It has dark green on the outer edges which progresses to purple and then blue.