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There is no well-known "Green-penny hypothesis" as far as I can tell.

I suppose some student every so often creates their own hypothesis about why pennies turn green, but they are certainly not well-known, or even slightly-known.

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Copper turn green when exposed to the atmosphere due to the reaction with Oxygen. The reaction takes place when water, moisture condensation or rain, in which oxygen is dissolved is in contact with copper.

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if my hypothesis is correct then the pennies will turn green.

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