Gold Penny
Derek M. writes: My girlfriend brought home a weird-looking penny. It looks like it is made of gold (it is very very yellow), but it isn’t any heavier than a normal penny. It has no minting initial on it. The year is 1990. What gives?
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Cents must be the subject of electrolysis students all over the country. The Coin Doc gets lots of questions about silver or gold plated cents. What you have is a plated cent that is commonly used in advertising promotions. Promoters give out gold plated cents because people are attracted to a cent that looks like gold. But there are no gold or silver cents, never were. At 3.11 grams, a cent weighs a tenth of a troy ounce. If the government made them in gold each cent would be worth about $120 at the present gold price!
You can prove that it is really a standard copper and zinc cent by weighing the coin on a gram scale. A standard 1990 cent weighs 2.5 grams. One minted on a gold flan would weigh considerably more than that.
Since gold is so ductile, the value of the plating is nominal. A neat curiosity though!
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Live gold bullion coin and bar prices Current gold spot price $1,841.15 3:17 pm Tue. February 9, 2021 |
| $ 1,841.15 | $ 1,997.74 | $ 1,935.97 | $ 1,956.31 | $ 2,011.57 | $ 1,977.49 |
| € 1,521.61 | € 1,651.02 | € 1,599.97 | € 1,616.79 | € 1,662.45 | € 1,634.29 |
| £ 1,343.91 | £ 1,458.20 | £ 1,413.12 | £ 1,427.97 | £ 1,468.30 | £ 1,443.42 |
| CAD 2,360.45 | CAD 2,561.20 | CAD 2,482.01 | CAD 2,508.09 | CAD 2,578.93 | CAD 2,535.24 |
| CHF 1,658.69 | CHF 1,799.77 | CHF 1,744.12 | CHF 1,762.44 | CHF 1,812.22 | CHF 1,781.52 |
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Kilo bars* | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $ 1,841.15 | $ 1,896.38 | $ 18,963.85 | $ 60,825.70 |
| € 1,521.61 | € 1,567.26 | € 15,672.60 | € 50,269.18 |
| £ 1,343.91 | £ 1,384.22 | £ 13,842.22 | £ 44,398.32 |
| CAD 2,360.45 | CAD 2,431.26 | CAD 24,312.62 | CAD 77,981.67 |
| CHF 1,658.69 | CHF 1,708.45 | CHF 17,084.55 | CHF 54,797.93 |
*32.15 troy ounces
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Closing gold bullion coin and bar prices (one ounce) February, 08 2021 Closing price = FOREX price 3pm Mountain Time |
| US Dollars | Coins | Euros | Pounds | Canadian Dollars | Swiss Francs |
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| $1,833.22 | € 1,515.06 | £ 1,338.12 | CAD 2,350.28 | CHF 1,651.55 | |
| $1,968.97 | € 1,627.25 | £ 1,437.20 | CAD 2,524.32 | CHF 1,773.85 | |
| $1,989.14 | € 1,643.91 | £ 1,451.92 | CAD 2,550.17 | CHF 1,792.01 | |
| $1,927.63 | € 1,593.08 | £ 1,407.03 | CAD 2,471.32 | CHF 1,736.60 | |
| € 1,754.85 | £ 1,421.82 | CHF 1,754.85 | |||
| $2,002.90 | € 1,655.29 | £ 1,461.97 | CAD 2,567.82 | CHF 1,804.42 | |
| $1,921.16 | £ 1,402.31 | CAD 2,463.03 | CHF 1,730.77 | ||
| $ 1,888.22 | 1 oz. gold bar | € 1,560.51 | £ 1,378.26 | CAD 2,420.79 | CHF 1,701.10 |
| $ 18,882.17 | 10 oz. gold bar | € 15,605.10 | £ 13,782.60 | CAD 24,207.91 | CHF 17,010.96 |
| $ 60,563.72 | Kilo bar (32.15 oz.) | € 50,052.66 | £ 44,207.10 | CAD 77,645.80 | CHF 54,561.91 |
Gold Penny Value
Closing fractional gold bullion coin prices
| Coins | Closing Price |
|---|---|
| American Gold Eagle | $ 1,026.60 |
| Maple Leaf | $ 1,026.60 |
| Philharmonic | $ 1,026.60 |
| Coins | Closing Price |
|---|---|
| American Gold Eagle | $ 528.20 |
| Maple Leaf | $ 528.20 |
| Philharmonic | $ 528.20 |
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| Coins | Closing Price |
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| American Gold Eagle | $ 220.00 |
| Maple Leaf | $ 205.32 |
| Philharmonic | $ 219.99 |
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