1988 Silver Penny?

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It didn't come from the Mint that way. The silver coating and whatever is engraved in the obverse field is post-mint damage (PMD). In the future, it would be best if you posted photos of any coin you want to discuss.

Chris

 

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Exactly how sweet because I have a 1988 silver penny tgat has not been scrubbed, rubbed, washed or anything to change its coloring it weighs 1.6 grams, probably not correct scales for coins but I'm also not a coin specialist by any means, I need some answers on this very rare coin, I had nit even thought of this ever being a mistake that took place and it be real until I hold it in my hand myself, it's pretty cool edited penny

 

Pictures please. What you are describing does not make sense.

 

Hi, I'm trying to figure out why one of my pennies is showing a silver-colored core when, in all my life of seeing worn out pennies, I have never come across this before. So, do I have something special here? I was reading that most pennies minted after 1982 are copper-plated zinc, so I don't want to bring this to a coin shop and look like an idiot. Thanks.

 

Looks like damage revealing the inner zinc core. Take a sharp object to a penny in your pocket and you can see this.

 

What @medoraman said. The copper plating has been filed/abraded off the reverse exposing the zinc.

 

You might have a silver toned cent. You do not have a cent made from silver.

 

Looks a lot like a cent that has had the copper plating stripped off after it left the mint.