anyone ever see penny like this

T61

I found this penny in my collection and it looks bronze maybe anyone have a clue and what it is worth

DieClash

Post a picture. It's tough to tell without an image.

MajorDuty

It's worth one cent.

commoncents05

We made some like this in my chemistry class in high school. I forgot what we used, but we put it in this stuff that made it silver colored, then we set it on a hotplate and it turned bronze colored. It was cool.

-Paul

DieClash

Looks like a 1989. It would be a copper-plated zinc cent. Worth about a cent + seeing as how it costs more than a cent to produce a cent these days. Looks like it could be in MS condition but the pice is very small.

tightbudget

Color has probably been altered through electrolysis...that's my guess

centmaster

Spend it.

mozeppa

i think i've owned that exact cent at one time.

no...really i did.

send it back.

DrPete

Welcome T61,

The coin has been altered by plating or other method. No special value. Although the US has never minted a "penny" we will allow the term under editorial license. Good luck in your collecting.

TwoSides2aCoin

~a penny saved is a penny earned~

I once sent a cent with a scent to the graders
It cost me 2000 more to get it back in a bag
The experts said it was not genuine, so I paid my tax bill with it !