One cent for the bronze penny, and a tiny amount for the gold plating.
If you think about it, a gold penny from 1964 would have been impossible. First, the US stopped minting gold coins in 1933 and private ownership wasn't allowed until the 1970s. Second, even at the (relatively) low price for gold in 1964 one cent worth of the metal would have been smaller in diameter than a pencil eraser!
The US has never made a gold one cent coin, it has been plated or has toned to a gold color and it has no collectible value.
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