1960's D Penny Steel/Silver??? Help!!!

I found a 1960s Silver penny. it’s clearly been dipped into some sort of metal. However it won’t stick to a regular magnet, I did try a stronger magnet and it picked it up slightly.

 

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Danny, no pic's, only worth 2 no 5 million dollars. With pic's much much more. I think, maybe, perhaps, oh heck, I don't know...

 

Welcome aboard, @kurt1988 - hopefully, you won't wait another nine years to post your second thread

 

It wasn't a zinc penny.

 

Anything is possible, I think.....

 

FYI

Your cent was made from an alloy of 95% copper 5% zinc and tin. The mint removed the tin in 1962 but continued to use 5%zinc in the alloy until they changed to copper plated zinc Planchet in 1982.

 

When I was a kid ( back in the 1970's) there was this chrome paint , that when you painted pennies with it, that they would stick to magnets. They since discontinued it, and also there was gold/chrome paint too.

 

That's because of the "snuffing" going on.