Feb 12, 2008 · I have come across a 1975 silver penny given to me as change as a dime. It wouldn't work in a vending machine and when I took a closer look I seen it said one cent. The date is 1975 with a D below it. It seems to be in fair condition for a penny over 30 years old. It is a very shiny silver.

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Jan 23, 2018 · Well i have a 1976 penny that is silver for sure no magnet i found yet can make it budge even a little bit how much would one like that be worth Cody hitson , Sep 6, 2018 #17 + Quote Reply

Aug 18, 2010 · If it's in a box of dimes, there is a decent chance it's a 1988-D penny struck on a dime planchet. Post some pics and you should also weigh the coin to see if the weight matches that of a post-1982 penny or matches that of a post-1964 dime.

Oct 29, 2013 · I recently found a 1994-D penny in circulation. It is a shiny silverish color, much like a shinier 1943 steel penny.

Dec 3, 2018 · I've googled the penny and there is a lot of hits for silver 1968 d penny ? If it was a science experiment near her and near me , somehow both are 1968 D pennies ? What are the possible odds that out of several billion pennies in circulation now and two different science kids plate 1968 d without each others knowledge of the year and mint that ...

Mar 3, 2006 · a penny is silver or aluminum is just that the poster is uneducated in the minting process, metal content, and the various post mint damage that happens. Of course once in a blue moon a penny could be minted on a pre 1964 silver dime planchet, or a foreign planchet, but that is rare, and will always be smaller

Jun 23, 2013 · The penny will take on a coating of zinc that can be shined up and really look silvery. If you carefully heat this cent up, the zinc coating will alloy with the copper and make a "gold" cent that has a coating of brass. Weigh the cent, a dime blank or a blank made of silver will have a different weight than a cent blank which is copper coated zinc.

May 14, 2005 · A layer of metal -- presumably silver -- was deposited on the surface of a normal cent. We have this definition from the finishing.com website: "Electroplating is the deposition of a metallic coating onto an object by putting a negative charge onto the object and immersing it into a solution which contains a salt of the metal to be deposited.

Sep 22, 2010 · However, there are lots and lots and lots (did I lots enough) of novelty plated and damaged cents that look silver colored but are not mint errors. If you post a focused, cropped pic, there are enough experienced members on here that can determine if it has potential (don't get your hopes up), or just one of the numerous plated/damaged coins.