1958 D Silver Wheat Penny

I also have a 1958 D penny that has a distinctly silver color, and thicker rim than normal, and wondering what it is worth. On the Sheldon scale it’s 50-60 or almost uncirculated. I saw
This thread and wondered if it would be any use in identifying this coin and and it’s value. I have attached pictures with this 1958 and another generic penny to show the difference in color. I have also tested it and it is not magnetic like a 1943 steel penny.
I’m also new to coin collecting and just went through a big bag of pennies sitting in my grandparents attic for who knows how long, so any help would be much appreciated!

 

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This is an old thread.. Start your own unique separate thread. And.. Did you read any of the posts regarding a possible answer to your question? About plated after it left the mint?

 

Is this what you are talking about? I have looked at it under a microscope and there is no evidence of filing.

 

Sorry, this is the picture link.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6a5oRwcovx3aVRJTFE5WjJNUEVfcm40cUk3WURCamFNbkJR/view?usp=sharing

There is no evidence on filing and I have looked at it under a microscope.

 

You have to just upload a photo here. No one is clicking links.
It's plated as already explained.
What does filing have to do with anything?

 

2006 thread.. Have a happy new year!

 

Yes just responding to the current post, not the OP.
Happy New Year.
One year my GF and I went to Times Square (around 1985 or so). We are trapped in by these yellow barricades.
Dick Clark went to the guy on my right with the microphone, and then to the
guy on my left. I guess I was too smashed.

 

In my opinion, your coin is not doctored; at least not in a surreptitious manner. And the coin has a weight variance that is accounted for by the bezel which has surrounded it before being plated. I have a coin of similar genus/species that I was convinced was a mint error--perhaps improper dime planchets struck with cent dies--and it was one my coin dealer couldn't, or wouldn't explain to me. Moreover, there was no magnetic attraction to the center of the coin. After some self-convincing and wishful thinking, not to mention a few dollars' expense, the cent turned out to be a bezeled coin that had been plated in zinc or another silver colored non-magnetic metal. I could see the reeded edge that convinced me that a pair of dimes had been pounded together with an off-weight balance; but it was just a sucker coin that I paid too much mind to in a state of wishfulness.... Fortunately, it proved only to be a lesson and a little tuition expense for me. Maybe you have something more fruitful, but it looks a lot like the 58 I still have somewhere.

 

In my opinion, your coin is not doctored; at least not in a surreptitious manner. And the coin has a weight variance that is accounted for by the bezel which has surrounded it before being plated. I have a coin of similar genus/species that I was convinced was a mint error--perhaps an improper dime planchets struck with dime dies--and it was one my coin dealer couldn't, or wouldn't explain to me. Moreover, there was no magnetic attraction to the center of the coin. After some self-convincing and wishful thinking, not to mention a few dollars' expense, the cent turned out to be a bezeled coin that had been plated in zinc or another silver colored non-magnetic metal. I could see the reeded edge that convinced me that a pair of dimes had been pounded together with an off-weight balance; but it was just a sucker coin that I paid too much mind to in a state of wishfulness.... Maybe you have something else.

 

I knew that.. I'm just amazed with these old threads and the new members making weird posts.

 

In my opinion, your coin is not doctored; at least not in a surreptitious manner. And the coin has a weight variance that is accounted for by the bezel which has surrounded it before being plated. I have a coin of similar genus/species that I was convinced was a mint error--perhaps improper dime planchets struck with cent dies--and it was one my coin dealer couldn't, or wouldn't explain to me. Moreover, there was no magnetic attraction to the center of the coin. After some self-convincing and wishful thinking, not to mention a few dollars' expense, the cent turned out to be a bezeled coin that had been plated in zinc or another silver colored non-magnetic metal. I could see the reeded edge that convinced me that a pair of dimes had been pounded together with an off-weight balance; but it was just a sucker coin that I paid too much mind to in a state of wishfulness.... Fortunately, it proved only to be a lesson and a little tuition expense for me. Maybe you have something more fruitful, but it looks a lot like the 58 I still have somewhere.

 

I took 5 minutes to join this forum, and tried to explain to someone who will probably never read my post, my recent experience.
So calling my post weird is kind of a - edited - way to welcome someone. I'm new to all of this--haven't been at internet or coin collecting that long. So, maybe the "Moderator" can just kick me off or revoke my application.
Mock the new member, Guru Supporter. Great forum.

 

New members need to start new threads instead of putting something on an ancient thread. I think if you’d spend some time surveying the site and how it’s used, you wouldn’t have near as many problems.

 

So when did I call your post weird?
Yours actually made sense and you admitted to learning something. It's not a good thing to join this forum and start attacking people dude. Relax and get to know us first then decide if we are worth the time to continue here.

 

Um, his comment about "weird posts" was made BEFORE you posted, not after... it was not directed towards you.

 

Actually he posted the same thing three times twice before and once after Paddyman98's comment. But I do agrre that I don't believe Paddyman's comment was directed at Kentrifle.

TheIsaiah, your coin has had the edge and the face filed down in order to try and make it pass as a dime in a vending machine.

 

Nope.. It was another new member that posted about no evidence of filing.. That made no sense so that's why I said it's wierd.

So I risked opening up the file they shared and saw this..


Clearly damaged.. But they don't think it is

 

Yes Paddy I understood your intent.
As for the new guy, except for double or triple posting,
your posts are welcomed.
But you will learn that almost 100% of any post that claims
a penny is silver or aluminum is just that the poster is uneducated
in the minting process, metal content, and the various post mint damage that happens.
Of course once in a blue moon a penny could be minted on a pre 1964 silver dime planchet, or a foreign planchet, but that is rare, and will always be smaller
in size and weight than a penny, with notice to missing cent rims. Since the
blank used is smaller than a penny blank. As only a penny or a smaller disc can fit in the hub, and over 99% of foreign coins are different size and weight than US coins.
The reason for that is not to mix the integrity of US coins with cheaper foreign coins of the same size and weight.
Many of the Panama (and old Bahamas) coins, are the same size, weight and metal content as US coins, and will work in US vending machines, and ours in theirs, but their currency is 1:1 with the US dollar.

 

Agreed - here is the OP's (and everybody's) 'silver' 1958D cent bezeled and attached to a charm bracelet - these are privately manufactured novelty items & definitely not rare error coins or even collectibles - case closed