Brass Plated Cent "?"

[MarkAL]

Brass-plated Cent: A copper-plated zinc cent in which the copper plating has been “contaminated” by zinc. Sometimes, zinc planchets are inadvertently left in the plating bath until they mix with the copper. Subsequent planchets get plated with this “brass” alloy rather than pure copper. These can be difficult to positively identify due to the many causes of discoloration that can happen to a planchet.

I was looking through the glossary and when I read how the copper turns to brass when contaminated with zinc, I was wondering if brass increased or decreased the weight of the coin? And, if it did would it be significant enough to determine the difference by weight?

Great glossary BTW!

[Maineman750]

I've got a few of these and there wasn't a difference in weight....at least not enough to detect on my scales

[MarkAL]

That's what I thought...Thank you