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It's not gold. The U.S. never minted a gold penny. If you think about it for a second or two it would be nonsensical to do so. Even back in 1997 the price of gold was so high that 1¢ worth of it would be so small you'd need tweezers to pick it up.

Your coin is either:

1. Plated for use in jewelry or a so-called "collectibles" set

2. Altered in a high-school chemistry experiment.

3. Struck at a point near the end of the useful life of the copper bath used to plate the underlying zinc. The copper solution gradually accumulates trace amounts of zinc as it's used, eventually giving it a somewhat golden color as opposed to looking like the copper that's expected.

In any case it's only worth one cent.

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