Canadian cents, including the 1974, are copper colored, because they're made of or plated with copper. If you have a gold one, then someone other that the Royal Canadian Mint coated it with something else.
Penny Gold - 1974 is rated/received certificates of: UK:A
If it is a penny, then it has to be.
The date of the "gold colored penny" is needed. Post new question.
My guess would be that it was plated with gold (or a gold-colored metal) after minting, and that it is thus worth about a penny.
The US has never made a gold penny (or cent). Your coin has either been plated (maybe with gold, maybe it's a gold-colored bronze) or it has been affected by some chemical. Either way, it is worth one cent.
It likely just looks gold colored, the US Mint has never made a coin one cent coin.
Penny Gold was created in 1973.
Gold? Silver? Copper? Gold colored, silver colored, copper colored.
Assuming you have a gold-colored "Loonie" coin, it's only worth face value. Like the Sacagawea and Presidential dollars in this country, it's not made of gold. 1990 Loonies are made of nickel plated with a gold-colored brass alloy.
it is shiny and gold colored
If it's a gold-colored "Loon" dollar, it has no silver at all. "Loonies" minted in 2001 are made of brass-plated nickel.
Canadian gold medalist figure skater David Pelletier is 43 years old (birthdate: November 22, 1974).