could one of these errors pennys worth grading? could one be money?

1994 silver like not painted penny. 1977 off center reverse penny.1997 of center idk still learning the varieties. Last a 19?3 penny actually look like a 8 buts its not an comeplete 8. I would appreciate any help

 

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1994 - Damaged - worth 1 Cent
1997 - Off Center worth $2.00 - Mint Error not Variety
1983 - Plating bubble or small Die Chip - worth 1 Cent

 

Why is it that every time someone finds a coin that "doesn't look like anything they have ever seen before" (my words) they automatically think they should submit it for grading? Rather than waste their money on such a worthless endeavor, why don't they spend the money on some books to learn about numismatics, first?

Welcome to the neighborhood!

Chris

 

What Paddy said goes for me too. He said it all! Welcome to CT.

 

I totally agree with cpm9ball ,take some Pic's and show the forum here first before spending any money on grading , there is a lot of talented folks on here to help.

 

Thanks for the information.. I'll just keep learning & searching

 

Keep looking. Been seeing a few nice finds on here lately.

 

The "silver" plated one, is easier to explain. It is really zinc plated and is part of a beginning chem lab experiment for middle and high school that is in multiple lab manuals and rarely fails to work to the amazement of young students. When I have done it, the students make several each to pass to friends and family, and I would guess there about 250,000+ still circulating. So a very common find and question on the forum. Those cents can be made in "gold" cents, by using heat to change the zinc plated ones into Brass plated ones. We get a few of those also. Yours looks like one where they didn't clean the cent well before putting it into the chemicals. Jim

 

Welcome to Coin Talk. I like your off center cent. Keep searching and looking for things you think are out of the ordinary, however like @cpm9ball said, get some books and start researching. Just start with Lincolns and learn what you can about them. Try www.lincolncentresource.com . Someone passed that knowledge on to me a while ago and it has been invaluable. Happy hunting!