1964 Steel cent?

Interesting. Thanks

 

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Love that stuff

 

and they are available at walmart in the fishing tackle section

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Penny Loafers. 4 pair

 

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/cc/c4cc03400g#!

 

The member you quoted was wrong in what they stated. And they were last seen on CoinTalk in November 2003

 

NYPD. YOUR BUSTED!!!!

 

So pretty

 

Oops

 

I hit this old thread pretty hard

 

That’s it

 

Ozone was confusing 1964 with 1974, and aluminum for steel. Plus the fact that there WERE pattern bronze clad steel 1974 cents made as well. Those weren't known about until years later. When they went to destroy the 1974 steel cents at a steel foundry several were dropped and an employee picked several of them up. Then years later, in 1994, he sent them to Coin World for examination. (There was a more recent article about them in Coin World May 19, 2012 https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/1974-bronze-clad-steel-cent.html) The government said those were government property as well but never took any steps to recover them. I don't know where they are now.

So there were steel cents in 1974 not 64.

 

another dead thread.

 

If anyone can verify the below information, I know someone who may have one of these. The story i was told supports the below quote, and i personally checked to see if it was magnetic and it is. I have pictures of the coin.

[QUOTE="Ozone, post: 3011" Yes, there IS such a thing as a 1964 steel penny. That year, they were thinking about switching the copper penny's materials...So, they gave all the US Senators a 1964 steel penny...When the Senate struck down the idea, the Mint asked for the steel cents to be returned...Most of the Senators complied, but some said that they had misplaced it or that they had lost it. Because they were never released to the pubic, now they are "illegal", and if the Secret Service finds the location of one of them, they'll confiscate them. There are just a few left in private hands, and there weren't many when they were created anyway...[/QUOTE]

 

Nevermind the above. After reading the thread (once I registered), i realize it may not be a true story. I do however know someone that has a 1964 penny that sticks to a magnet, (not as strong as a 1943 Steel Penny). It is silver in color? Any Ideas?

 

It’s Plated.

 

Nickel plated @Vikings4Life

 

Every chrome plating shop that I frequented in the late 80's had copper nickel and chrome cents laying around all over.
The copper cents were used to test the next plating vat.
Copper to nickel to chrome.
99% of these cents went back into circulation.