Quite easily. Gold is a soft metal.
A penny weight is 1/20 of a troy ounce
40
I have a 1977 penny that can be picked up with a magnet and it is bright gold in color. The detail in the coin is much more detailed than that in a brand new penny. Definition is very, very high.
A material that is not easily scratched is _____.
no
no
nickel
nickel
i found a gold penny once. try scratching off the gold, like i did. the color scratched off easily and the result is a normal penny. But i dont know how they make gold pennys, or the reason More Information: A penny can tarnish to a golden hue. The environment it is in can cause it to tarnish different colors. For example, gold color, blue color, black color, shades of red color. A penny could be gold plated but it would destroy its numismatic value.
a penny has a hardness of 3 depending on what it is being scratched on.
A topaz
Topaz,Calcite Cooprarte
Calcium
minearls
Certainly not; gold is very soft.
topaz