1994-D "silver" colored penny

Some of you guys are bringing back some super old threads and confusing ole guys like me. You could, if you have a questionable coin, start a new thread on it and quote the old link to it in your new thread. Then explain why you did.
Good luck

 

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He never posted pics

 

Yep the original did not over a year ago, but the new member put his up

 

If it is struck on a dime blank, then your coin would weigh the same as a USA post-1965 dime. If it is a plated cent, then it will weigh close to other 1994 cent coins. Weigh your coin & post the weight here.

There is a school chemistry experiment where the students manufacture silver-color & gold-color cent coins. These coins find their way back into circulation and often get reported as errors. Here is a link describing the chemistry experiment.


Is this information useful?

 

I found a 1994 silver gray penny the size of a nickel but thiner

 

I go to one

 

I got one

 

I found one of them also , are they worth anything

 

No

 

If no photos can be posted, here's
the best way to tell what you might have:

1. If it's bright and shiny, it's been re-plated.

2. If it's dark, dull, and grey, it's been de-plated.

Genuine cents struck on unplated zinc planchets
are quite scarce, but they have to have mint luster;
if there is no luster at all, it's either #1 or #2 above,
or if no luster but they don't look like #1 or #2,
they are impossible to authenticate.

 

I have one too!!! It’s a 1994 also but has no mint mark under the year. I also have a 1986d

 

Fred, the key is he said the cent was the size of a nickel. That tells us it is a "Texas" cent that has been altered after it left the mint. The altering process removes the plating. For a normal sized cent your comments are right on.

 

I was referring to the OP's post
that didn't include photos, but
it works for Texas Cents too,
that are many times de-plated
as part of the 'enlarging' process.

 

Here is the 1994d silver colored penny I have

 

I have one as well. So if you guys are so smart and sure that it is a fake or modified then tell me this? Then why are they all the same date and mint!!!

 

@TonyOxnard thanks for the good laugh this morning. I know you must be just having a little harmless fun with us. Surely anybody who was serious about that statement would have spent a few minutes searching the archives and see that there are many, many different dates posted for both the plated cents and Texas cent.

In addition, I would expect that if you were serious you would have said how this could have occurred at the mint. Since a collector who has spent any time studying the minting process would easily understand why this couldn't happen

In the future, I would suggest using some emojis to show that you don't really believe that ridiculous statement

 

First, welcome to the neighborhood, Tony!

I don't understand why you have to be so negative toward the members that are trying to help others learn. For your information, there are several of them who have, cumulatively, a few hundred years of collecting experience, and one of them happens to be one of the premier error dealers in the country. My advice to you would be to listen and learn. Otherwise, you'll end up missing out on a lot of valuable help.

By the way, I started collecting a mere 62 years ago, and I am still learning.

Chris

 

They're all de-plated, and damaged to boot....

(the ones' posted)

 

They are definitely not all the same date and mint. In this thread alone there is 1994, 1994 d, 1986 d. Do a search on the forum and you will many different years that someone thinks is silver. I just did a very quick look and found 1928, 1981, 1992 and 2000.