1950 S Wheat Penny that is Silver?

en.allexperts.com/q/1950s-penny.htm check out his answer to Daniel and he gives other info in regards to it.

 

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99.9% of the time these things are simply plated cents. The other .1% of the time they are struck on a dime planchet. HOWEVER in the case of the one struck on a dime planchet they are severely under weight compared to a copper cent (3.1 grams for copper cent, 2.5 grams for the dime planchet), smaller than normal in diameter (Cent is 19 mm, dime is 17.9 mm), and usually with weak details because of the thinner planchet.

This is not struck on a dime planchet.

briboy07 your link only takes you to an index page, not to anything related to the topic.

 

Guys its not a silver penny or anything. Its simply just a cent with PMD.

 

couldn't be one of the world cents?

 

sry not gd with links but when you type that in you will see this:

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   1950S, cent, steel: Hi Daniel: Thanks for the opportunity to revise my answer to your question. You got the e-mail reminders because I wanted to know if you ...

I clicked on that and he has gd write up on them......

 

thanks for replying i tried

 

Taking pictures of coins is difficult at best. A silvery (or silver) look to a cent coin could come about by rubbing some mercury into it (been there, done that), but the mercury would evaporate over the years. Another possibility is that the cent has been zinc plated as part of the "Gold Penny Experiment" done in many high schools. Third possibility, you have something good. Weigh it. Jeweler or some such (colleges and high school chem labs could do this too). Good luck.

 

I agree with Kentucky and Conder101. My first guess when I saw it was either it was "reprocessed" and zinc coated like many 1943 steel cents have been, or it was a high school chemistry experiment. If it were struck on a dime planchet it would have severe signs of poor strike due to the large differences in planchets.

 

Thanks for all the help guys, I am pretty sure it's just a high school experiment considering really cool things don't usually happen to me But I will take it to my jeweler and let you all know what the weight is... I appreciate all of your helpful answers and research!

 

If you are going to get into error coins, (or any coins really), I would consider buying a nice little portable scale. I am sure people here would have some suggestions for you. They are not much and are very valuable for any coin collector to own.

 

I have a couple of world coins which have been silver-plated and which have holes in them. I believe that they are coins used by grooms to fool their wives into believing they had a silver coin.

 

Many ethnic costumes use coins that have been plated.

 

It weighed in over 3 grams.

 

as i am new you want to wait for the others, but I say then sadly it must be a coin rubbed with that mercury. The normal weight for a copper coin that year should be 3.11g

 

oh and a steel cent should be 2.70

 

Its not magnetic, so I am thinking it's gotta be someone's science experiment. Thanks for your help @Briboy07

 

You are welcome, man those second set of pictures had my hopes for you, then the others after that dashed them lol. This is fun though, hope it gets you interested in looking for coins. I would still give some of the others a chance to chime in

 

Could it have been possibly plated ?
Charles

 

I found a wheat penny just like your's and it looks silver, and it looks like it could have been a mint error ,if you need pictures of mine please let me know and i'll post a couple of it, i am very curious about my wheat penny also ,or have you ever found out any more about your penny ?

 

You are responding to a post from 2014, you would have more responses by going to the forums page and starting a thread under Coin Chat or some other forum. Most silver and gold pennies are high school chemistry experiments. Post pictures and know the weight for most help.