I'm pretty sure real gold is worth more then gold stuffed with lesser valued things.
It's worth 2 cents for the copper.
they are not worth much i have 2 brass and 2 copper zippos and they are only worth about $75 to $150 each
brass is 80 to 90 percent copper and 10 to 20 percent zinc.why is brass worth less than both metals required to make it?
I HANDLED 2 SUCH COINS IN 1972 PAID 30 EA. THEY WERE STRUCK ON A PENNY BLANK WHICH IS COPPER NOT BRASS TODAY THEY ARE WORTH $750.00 ea TED LIGHTMAN
This might be possible with a ton of vinger or lemons, and a lot a scrubing. I am not a 100% sure if it coule happen but it is worth trying. That was a great question. That would be a great experiement to try.
Threepences were not made from copper. British 1962 Threepences were made from nickel-brass. The 1962 Threepences issued by most other British Empire/Commonwealth countries were either partly silver or cupro-nickel, but all with a silver appearance. Modified coins have no collector value.
If it's a US penny it's made from copper coated zinc not brass and is worth one cent. Correction Edit: Pennies have been made from a variety of different compositions over the years. Since 1982, about mid year, they have been made with solid zinc (a greyish metal) coated with a thin layer of copper. However, prior to this, they have nearly always been mostly copper. From the time they were created until 1857, they were 100% copper. Then for about seven years they were made with 88% copper and the rest nickel. Then, until 1982, they were made with 95% copper, and different variations of tin and zinc. Sometime this mix was called brass, and sometimes bronze. (All years but 1943 when they were made out of steel.) However, calling the mixture brass or bronze (both of which sometimes share definitions) is not entirely accurate since brass usually has between 45 and 70 percent copper and bronze rarely has more than 90. The most common pennies found with a date prior to 1982 are, for all intents and purposes, copper. As to a more direct answer to the question, with the rise of the cost of metals, the amount of copper in a pre-1982 penny actually ends up being more than a cent. The price of copper fluctuates fairly regularly so it wouldn't be out of the ordinary to find that the copper in an older penny is worth as much as 2.5 cents. However, the copper plated zinc pennies made after 1982 are worth next to nothing besides their face value. If your penny is much lighter it is possible that it was victim to a school chemistry experiment where the copper was discolored or even dissolved partially leaving a higher percentage of zinc/nickle/tin and changing the color to a bronze.
Over a billion were made so they're only worth face value. Feel free to spend it. Even though the coin is mostly copper its metal is technically brass because the copper is alloyed with zinc, nickel and manganese.
$1 if it is a Sacajawea Dollar, the coins aren't actually gold but rather an alloy of copper and brass making them be worth simply $1. The value of the actual materials inside the coin is around 6 cents. They aren't rare and hold no special collector value.
The only brass U.S. coins are dollars.
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, and has been in use for thousands of years. It retains many of the good properties of copper, whilst being cheaper than that. Other than steel, it is probably the next most common alloy. It is readily re-cyclable. It has valuable anti-bacterial properties. As far as the retail value of brass, that depends upon the purity of the sample, and the local demand.
no they are not : The outer layers are manganese brass and the core is copper. With the price of gold around $1600/oz it would be impossible for them to be real gold and only worth $1.