Today I’ve been experimenting with electroplating.  I’d like to “print” brass text on a copper penny, but first need to make sure I can get any brass on it in the first place.  I’m avoiding anything requiring toxic chemicals/heat in favor of an electrical solution (1.5 volts ain’t gonna kill me).  Here is a bath of vinegar, salt, and sugar with two pennies in it. One has had its copper scraped off and the underlying zinc is the source metal.  If and when the zinc adheres to the other penny, I’ll heat it up which will cause the zinc and copper to form yellow brass.  Cross your fingers – first try was a flop.

Electroplating a penny with zinc from the core of another one.