2002 Silver Colored Penny

I doubt it's fake. Everything looks identical to a regular penny. I used a black shirt as the background this time so maybe the picture will be better.

 

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I seriously doubt it's a fake. Everything is identical to a regular penny without the copper coloring.

I'm trying to get a good picture, but it's not working. Just picture a 2002 D penny without any copper coloring...like the mint forgotten to plate it.

 

It's fine.

 

I 100 % guarantee you it's a regular penny that was coated by some kid for a scientific experiment.

 

It's not coated.

 

Not to be rude, but it's a fact that no "silver" or "steel colored" U.S. pennies were minted in 2002. I do encourage you to prove me wrong though.

 

I'll see if I can't borrow a friend's jewelry scale to weigh it. It feels lighter, which definitely wouldn't be the case if it was coated.

 

I never said it was steel or silver. It's probably the zinc before it was copper plated. You act like the mint never makes mistakes.

 

you wouldn't feel the coin if it's what you say, it doesn't have the copper-plate. The weight difference in this case would be so small that you would not be able to tell the difference. Also, if you got a scale to prove me wrong, I would genuinely be impressed.

 

Here's a picture of it before I removed it from the roll

 

How does that help?

 

It looks to be chrome plated.

BTW, when did the US start making pennies?

 

If my calculations are correct, the copper portion should weigh .0625 grams. It will be possible to see with a scale that is accurate to .01 grams.

 

I assure you that it's not plated. Everyone here is so skeptical about the mint making a mistake. Don't you find it odd that everyone talking about a penny like this, including the original poster, is talking about the same 2002 D. Did people just decide to all plate the same penny for experiments?

 

I'll believe it when I see proof.

 

No one here is skeptical about the mint making mistakes. We are very aware that they make millions of mistakes every year (which is not bad for the billions of coins that they produce). The problem is that when they do make mistakes, they can be identified how the error occurred by deducing what went wrong during the minting process. There are known Lincoln cents with the copper cladding missing, but yours looks nothing like them at all. Why would you think that a business strike coin would have a mirrored edge simply because it is missing the copper cladding? Why would the mint specially polish a zinc blank and press it with new dies that were polished like very old proof dies? The simple answer to these question is that they would not. The most plausible explanation is that the coin was plated after it left the mint.

 

so true, in so many ways....

 

So what you are saying is that you think all the people that are talking about this exact coin all received a coin that was plated after it left the mint...and they were all 2002 Ds? That seems plausible to you? If you say so.

 

In order to plate something, it usually needs to be polished.