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The surface of the copper on the pennies are most likely cleaned, because vinegar is too weak of an acid to do anything else. If you were to put a scratched penny into hydrochloric acid would be a different story. The inside zinc of a post 1982 penny would react with the chlorine in the hydrochloric acid and change to an aqueous state, leaving behind the copper plating.

So if you want an answer based on vinegar : nothing besides the penny getting its surface cleaned.

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