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Particularly pretty purple penny picked--POO! probably painted??



 
 
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Old November 27th 03, 06:15 AM
bri
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I found a 1984 Lincoln cent that looked really cool a few years ago. It was
turning all purple-ish. I thought that was weird so I tossed it back in the
penny junk can and forgot about it. Never found that one again--must be with
my other sock.
Damn that penny!!
The other day I went thru some pennies I bought off a friend. Went thru that
twice and on the second time around I found another 1984 penny that is
absolutely bright candy-apple purple. I've found rainbow colors on pennies
B4, but this one is perplexing me to no end. I'd feel like an idiot taking
that to someone with some real knowledge only to find out it's nail polish.
Don't know how I missed it on the first try because it really is a bright
purple. Esp. on the reverse.
Now I have a hard time believing that a penny would turn that color on it's
own. When I look at it under high magnification there's no signs of brush
marks or globs of anything on any of the devices. There was some dry dirt
covering "One Cent"--rinsed that off and it's the same old dull brown you
would find on a circulated 1984 penny. The dirt wasn't purple and the tone
is on most of the high spots too. It doesn't look "flaky" either. No smells
except copper. It's supposedly sat for years in the Tequila bottle full of
pennies I bought.




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Old November 27th 03, 06:22 AM
Michael R
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"bri" wrote in message
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I found a 1984 Lincoln cent that looked really cool a few years ago. It

was
turning all purple-ish. I thought that was weird so I tossed it back in

the
penny junk can and forgot about it. Never found that one again--must be

with
my other sock.
Damn that penny!!
The other day I went thru some pennies I bought off a friend. Went thru

that
twice and on the second time around I found another 1984 penny that is
absolutely bright candy-apple purple. I've found rainbow colors on pennies
B4, but this one is perplexing me to no end. I'd feel like an idiot taking
that to someone with some real knowledge only to find out it's nail

polish.
Don't know how I missed it on the first try because it really is a bright
purple. Esp. on the reverse.
Now I have a hard time believing that a penny would turn that color on

it's
own. When I look at it under high magnification there's no signs of brush
marks or globs of anything on any of the devices. There was some dry dirt
covering "One Cent"--rinsed that off and it's the same old dull brown you
would find on a circulated 1984 penny. The dirt wasn't purple and the tone
is on most of the high spots too. It doesn't look "flaky" either. No

smells
except copper. It's supposedly sat for years in the Tequila bottle full of
pennies I bought.


I seen a few and have a couple of purple toned proof cents from the 60s-70s,
may have been the Mint packaging.


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Michael R
ANA #173222
Ebay and Yahoo ID ~ mrae7


 




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