I found a 1975 silver penny,is it worth anything?????

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Answer 1

I really doubt that it's silver or steel or any other clad coinage. I have a sneaking suspicion it's been painted. Take a bit of paint thinner on a cotton swab to the edge and see what happens. The paint thinner will not react with steel or with silver, so if you have the real deal, then this test will not hurt the penny.

IF the penny passes this test (and that's one HUGE IF), go to a jeweler or a coin dealer for appraisal, and DO NOT sell it if they try to buy it. If it's really legit - get a safe deposit box in the bank and put it there for safekeeping.

Answer 2

To my knowldge no 1975 penny was ever stamped in silver. Take it to a good jewler and he should be able to cofirm what it is made of (don't sell it to him if he trys to buy it on site. Because if it is silver it could be worth something.) Then look up coin collecting on the web and go from there.

Good Luck

Answer 3

Type 1975 silver penny in your browser you'll get sites to check it out. Or go right to E-bay see if any are listed the sellers know what to ask for it. I found out what my missed stamped penny was worth on E-Bay then I had it appraised E-bay was in the range by a buck .

Answer 4

That penny isn't made out of silver, but of steel.

Here's from a site:

Q. Why does my 1943 penny have a funny silver look to it?
A. If your penny has a silver color to its appearance it may be a steel penny. If it is magnetic it is the standard penny from 1943. The reason pennies from 1943 are made of steel is simple. Nearly all circulating pennies at that time were struck in zinc-coated steel because copper and nickel were needed for the Allied war effort of World War II. Approximately fourty 1943 copper-alloy cents are known to remain in existence. Coin experts speculate that they were struck by accident when copper-alloy one-cent blanks remained in the press hopper when production began on the new steel pennies. A 1943 copper cent was first offered for sale in 1958, bringing more than $40,000. A subsequent piece sold for $10,000 at an ANA convention in 1981. The highest amount paid for a 1943 copper cent was $82,500 in 1996. Refer to the image below.

Q. Is my coin made of silver?
A. If you have a silver colored penny, it is not silver, but steel. If, instead, you have a dime, quarter, half-dollar, or dollar from 1964 or earlier, there is a significant amount of silver smelted into them. Certain 1942 nickels and all nickels dated between 1943 and 1945 also contain small amounts of silver, as do half dollars minted between 1965 and 1970. To determine if your 1942 nickel contains silver, look for a 'P' or 'S' above Monticello's dome. From 1878 until the early 1960's, coin collectors could walk into any federal bank, hand the teller a twenty dollar bill, and demand change in genuine, U.S. Mint silver dollars. But, those days are gone forever. When silver soared to $50 an ounce, silver coins disappeared from U.S. circulating currency. Today, silver dollars are highly prized by coin collectors who hoard them away as valuable pieces of America's frontier history.

Bottom line: It's worth a decent amount - probably not as significant as that 1943 coin, but fair.

Answer 5

Someone has plated it silver, they did not mint a silver penny anytime in history in the USA

Answer 6

Depends...if it were accidently struck on a dime blank, it is worth something. If someone just took a regular penny and put something on it to color it silver, it's not.

Answer 7

Bare minimum - 1 cent.

Answer 8

At least 1 cent.

Answer 9

It might have been plated with something after minting, good luck!

Answer 10

Peel the foil off. It is chocolate!