you all are familiar with a steel 1943 penny.
I got a steel { silver colored} 1964 penny.
I looked at it very closely and I cannot see any sign of copper anywhere.
Is this a mint error or fraud?
2007-12-26 09:00:45 · 3 answers · asked by cmlrdjesus 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
The 1964 penny was probably dipped in something silver. I have a lot of silver coated (dipped) pennies, often in bezzels. I also have pennies from change that are red, blue, green, orange, yellow, purple, etc. because they were dipped in paint. I suspect that the coin in non magnetic and therefore not steel. Scrape the edge to find if there is a coating that can be removed.
2007-12-28 01:22:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you see if a magnet picked it up? There is no listing of such a coin, all the zinc coated steel blanks were long gone by 1964. There was no experimenting at the mint from 1964-67 due to the cent shortage or I should say perceived cent shortage. It looks like some one either silver plated it or some chemical did it in.
2007-12-26 11:54:53 · answer #2 · answered by Taiping 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1943 the US mint made zink coated steel pennies.
about 10,000,000,000 of them.
if it has on mint mark ot it's worth about $2
if it was minted in Denver $3
if it was minted in San Fransico $5
2007-12-26 09:08:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋