Silver 1983 D penny

Oh I didn't even notice, I was just googling my coin and cointalk came up.

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

there has been a lot of that lately. seeing posts from like 6-7 years ago popping up

 

I can't get a close up on the reverse, and correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't zinc rot to black? With that in mind, is that rotting on the reverse in the memorial?

Lastly, on the reverse, the letters you pointed out are a very common area for there to be a weakness on the penny. Nothing of any rarity or value.

 

i have one here that is the size of a nickel. i believe this might be what mikediamond was saying about rough and bumps


as for photos a usm digital microscope from 25-75 dollars works for me

 

I have a 1983 d that is silver in color and sticks to a magnet, and a 1983 d penny that is also silver in color but does not stick to a magnet can anyone tell me what they are worth? Oh and i have a 1984 d penny silver in color, and a 1950 no mint thats silver in color, and a 1993 d penny that is silver in color plz can anyone help me.

 

I sent one in to have it evaluated only to learn that is was made by the mint, and made with Nickel, magnetic, but of no value....to this day it still mystifies....the fact that its worth only a penny.

 

that's not true...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251377244021?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

Rick, welcome to my world. I was new like you at one time. My husband has a 1972 magnetic silver colored penny, I will attach photos, and I sent it in to the BIG company to have it looked at. To my disappointment, they said yes, it is a real penny, just not of any value. It is made of Nickel. Now why was it not valuable is the mint made it, pure nickel, not coated? I will never understand their answer.
All I can say is we were hopeful we had a penny of value, and yes, we do, it is worth one penny. The people on this site were so kind and rooting for us all the way. Maybe someone more experienced than I can offer additional information.
I sure hope if you send it in to PCGS that you get better results than we did.
Sincerely,
Girldly

 

Nickel is the only element with magnetic properties. They told me that at PCGS.
Girldly

 

I will copy what they replied and send it out within the next week. My husband feels that the companies that make the decision as to what is of value are subjective.

 

I have a 1983 no mint letter, silver edged USA penny. Anyone have any information on this ty

 

12 year old thread. If you start a new one, maybe get more views.
Photos are necessary, but they don't make silver cents or silver edged cents
even as an accident/ error.
Without a photo, it could be plated (post mint damage), or because this is a zinc coin, the regular copper plating from the mint could be worn away or ground away and the zinc is coming through.

 

Silver doesn’t and never has had anything to do with the mintage of cents.

 

What about this ?

Sorry just being a pain in the ... Technically, it was made by the US Mint.

To be clear. This has nothing to do with the questions about "silver pennies" on this tread. Lots of questions about those are posted on CT and they are always plated after the left the mint

 

If they were silver pennies, they would probably be mistakenly struck on dime planchets anyways, not deplated.

 

Well they told you wrong. Iron, Cobalt , and Nickel are all magnetic at temperatures humans normally live. Also some rare earth mixtures ( makes the rare earth magnets) are magnetic. the relative proportions of nickel will determine if the coin reacts to a magnet or not. Jim

 

No, not that one.

 

I am going to assume the poster meant the only coin element/metal that was magnetic.

 

Then they should have mentioned that iron is magnetic and it is the majority element in steel of which coins have been made before, and even some coins of iron. But no problem for me. I do hope it wasn't the scientists in their authentication lab saying that.

 

He said the cent was silver EDGED which means he is probably seeing zinc where the copper plating has been abraded away.