1862 IHC

I have a 1868 IHC. I was wondering how much it's worth.
I also have a question, why does it look silver? Most IHC's I have are the classic copper look.
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It's also very thick.
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IHC have also been plated.. maybe not back in the 1860's but one time it was.

 

Oh, OK!
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1868 is a much better date. Can you post a picture? I have a low grade one that I bought for $13 IIRC.

Or did you mean 1862?

 

your 1862 cent looks silver because of its composition, 1859 - 1864: 88% copper, 12% nickel (copper-nickel), 1864 - 1909: 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc (bronze), they were also thicker, 1859 - 1864: 2.33 mm, 1864 - 1909: 1.55 mm, and weighed more, 1859 - 1864: 4.67 grams, 1864 - 1909: 3.11grams
edit: note: in 1864 they made a copper/nickel and a bronze

 

You have a normal, heavily worn, with corrosion 1862 cent. Nominal value.

 

Those were CUNIs (CU for copper, NI for aluminum I mean nickel).