I have a 1955 silver penny and cannot find any information on it at all, more importantly if it is worth anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks!
2007-03-18 06:29:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
The penny you cite is a contrivance, look on ebay.
2007-03-18 06:38:32 · answer #1 · answered by prusa1237 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a 1955 silver penny as well. I got it in a penny collection i received recently and have been combing the web looking for some info on it. Now that I hear there is another one out there like it, it is more intriquing. I expect the answer is someone chemically created these as a hoax, but why are both coins 1955s? Interesting if someone could answer.
2007-03-20 07:22:03 · answer #2 · answered by sue 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1955 Copper Penny
2016-12-18 16:30:07 · answer #3 · answered by behl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There were no silver 1955 pennies made by the US mint. What you probably have is some sort of novelty item. It could be a real copper-zinc penny from 1955 but with some sort of silver looking coating applied to it. I have a 1951 penny that looks like silver also but on the edge it has been damaged and you can see the copper underneath the coating.
2007-03-18 08:16:00 · answer #4 · answered by BD in NM 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I also have a 1955 silver penny. It does appear to be coated. The coating is smooth and well done. Could it have been a professor's joke or some kind of forgery to fool retailers into believing they had accepted a dime? It is odd that they are all from 1955.
2007-03-20 14:23:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a 1955 SILVER penny, then you have got a penny that is worth quite a bit. They are usually made of a copper alloy with the exception of the 1943 pennies which were made of steel.
To find out how much a silver pennie would be worth, then go to any bank that does money exchanges with foreign coins and damaged coins. Either that or go to a jewelry store . They would be able to tell you how much silver is involved in the penny. Then you could check on-line at some coin exchange system and see how much it is worth.
2007-03-18 06:43:33 · answer #6 · answered by Double J 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
First off there has never been a silver cent. True the mint did have a silver center large cent, but it was not all silver. The 1943 cent is zinc coated steel not silver. Now if it is the size of a cent, then someone outside the mint plated it, or used chemicals on it. Now if it is the size of a dime, then a dime planchet got into the cent coining press by mistake and it would be an error coin. It would then have to be authenticated by a grading service like ANACS. Hope this answers your question.
2007-03-18 08:08:45 · answer #7 · answered by Taiping 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the only silver penny i've heard of was coined in 1943 in
the P,D, And S mints -- you either have a bogus coin or
something worth some bucks
2007-03-18 06:39:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Price depends on exactly what is on the coin. Maybe these links will help you:
2007-03-18 06:40:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋