Help Identifying Edward VII Penny [solved]

I found this 1903 Edward VII penny in with a 

bag of coins and am trying to put it on the site, the pictures may not do it justice, but it is a bright golden coin, the images I have seen of the Edward VII pennies from this time all seem to be more of a copper / bronze colour. Is it fake, or am I not seeing the images correctly? Anything helps.

If it has around the right size and weight it is most likely plated. 

But if not it could also be a cast, this would explain the low quality/grade. 

looks like it was in a corrosive state I can tell by the many small divets and that someone polished it up creating a unnatural tone to the metal

 The same happened to this 1908 Penny - after someone previously also 

drilled a hole at the top to make it into a necklace. This one seems to have 

been plated recently as all the coloring is still there … 

 So yours was either plated (maybe with a different metal) or polished. 

Like both the previous replies mentioned. 

Idolenz

If it has around the right size and weight it is most likely plated. 

But if not it could also be a cast, this would explain the low quality/grade. 

Cheers

ZacUK

 The same happened to this 1908 Penny - after someone previously also 

drilled a hole at the top to make it into a necklace. This one seems to have 

been plated recently as all the coloring is still there … 

     

 So yours was either plated (maybe with a different metal) or polished. 

Like both the previous replies mentioned. 

Cheers

silvergeek

looks like it was in a corrosive state I can tell by the many small divets and that someone polished it up creating a unnatural tone to the metal

Cheers