Brass is an alloy where the two metals are melted together, the pennies are a zinc core with a thin copper coating. Think of the former as a chocolate/vanilla swirl and the latter as a vanilla cone dipped in chocolate but ya know, with chemistry magic going on
They’re all real copper on the outside. Even the fake ones are copper plated. So the surface you’re pissing on is copper regardless and would show the same reactions.
If you want a simple way to find pure-copper pennies, you don’t need piss – just look at the dates on them. Dates before 1982 will be pure copper (with a few rare exceptions), and after 1982 are all copper-plated zinc (with one rare exception).
There are also some extremely rare copper plated aluminum pennies from the 70’s out there. (That was done as an experiment for reducing the cost of the penny, and they were never supposed to go into circulation. But a few of them did end up in circulation and are very valuable among collectors today.)
copper-plated zinc
Brass?
Brass is an alloy where the two metals are melted together, the pennies are a zinc core with a thin copper coating. Think of the former as a chocolate/vanilla swirl and the latter as a vanilla cone dipped in chocolate but ya know, with chemistry magic going on
For most of them, yes. But if you get old enough pennies, they’ll be pure copper.
However, it’s easy to tell just looking at this that many of these pennies have the newer design, so they’re definitely only copper plated.
Piss on em. Real copper will turn light green.
You’re welcome.
They’re all real copper on the outside. Even the fake ones are copper plated. So the surface you’re pissing on is copper regardless and would show the same reactions.
If you want a simple way to find pure-copper pennies, you don’t need piss – just look at the dates on them. Dates before 1982 will be pure copper (with a few rare exceptions), and after 1982 are all copper-plated zinc (with one rare exception).
Sounds like something a person who doesn’t want to piss several times on his pennies would say.
weren’t 1943 and 1944 “steel”? well, zinc?
Yeah, those are one of the pre-1982 exceptions.
There are also some extremely rare copper plated aluminum pennies from the 70’s out there. (That was done as an experiment for reducing the cost of the penny, and they were never supposed to go into circulation. But a few of them did end up in circulation and are very valuable among collectors today.)