1948 Lincoln Wheat Penny Chemistry Experiment Plated Coin - Unique Lincoln Penny Science Experiment Obverse

This listing is for the 1948 Lincoln Wheat Penny Chemistry Experiment Plated Coin. As seen on the obverse of this Lincoln Wheat Penny it has a unique coloring, and unlike pennies produced after 1982, which typically have a zinc core, before that, they were 95% copper at this time. The unique appearance on the obverse is likely caused by a school experiment where high school chemistry classes have students coat copper pennies in zinc or chrome through electroplating to give the silver appearance. Interesting Find!!!

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1948 Lincoln Wheat Penny Chemistry Experiment Plated Coin - Unique Lincoln Penny Science Experiment Obverse