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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 1361868, member: 15445"]<b>I hope the links work because I didn't attach my own photos this time</b></p><p><br /></p><p>All British pennies were silver many years ago. The English penny got debased to the point that it was turned into a copper coin. I’ve heard that the introduction of solid copper pennies was not liked by the people of the time. Here is an old silver GB penny:</p><p><a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=silver+penny&view=detail&id=D08EC73EBD70D07E47AE4EBFC5570025380CAEB1&first=61&FORM=IDFRIR" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=silver+penny&view=detail&id=D08EC73EBD70D07E47AE4EBFC5570025380CAEB1&first=61&FORM=IDFRIR" rel="nofollow">http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=silver+penny&view=detail&id=D08EC73EBD70D07E47AE4EBFC5570025380CAEB1&first=61&FORM=IDFRIR</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The cross on the reverse was to keep folks from shaving or clipping the edge of the coin in order to steal some silver from it. If a part of the cross was missing, then you knew the coin was missing some metal I think. The English silver penny has roots back to the Roman Denarius which is why the abbreviation for penny is “d” and not “p”. </p><p><br /></p><p>The 1792 USA silver centered cent is quite rare & I’ve only seen one in my life. Of course, this is a silver centered cent (not a penny) Here is one from the internet:</p><p><a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=silver+center+birch+cent&view=detail&id=634A66143B028F9A52ADB735BEF3258D3C44E65E&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=silver+center+birch+cent&view=detail&id=634A66143B028F9A52ADB735BEF3258D3C44E65E&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR" rel="nofollow">http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=silver+center+birch+cent&view=detail&id=634A66143B028F9A52ADB735BEF3258D3C44E65E&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Model Penny from Great Britain. I believe that the center of this particular coin is copper-nickel alloy. Some may have a small silver cent pressed in the center. </p><p><a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=model+penny&view=detail&id=7DE1EE6C012B6C09B275F67E4996830F458970F2&first=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=model+penny&view=detail&id=7DE1EE6C012B6C09B275F67E4996830F458970F2&first=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=model+penny&view=detail&id=7DE1EE6C012B6C09B275F67E4996830F458970F2&first=0</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 1361868, member: 15445"][b]I hope the links work because I didn't attach my own photos this time[/b] All British pennies were silver many years ago. The English penny got debased to the point that it was turned into a copper coin. I’ve heard that the introduction of solid copper pennies was not liked by the people of the time. Here is an old silver GB penny: [url]http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=silver+penny&view=detail&id=D08EC73EBD70D07E47AE4EBFC5570025380CAEB1&first=61&FORM=IDFRIR[/url] The cross on the reverse was to keep folks from shaving or clipping the edge of the coin in order to steal some silver from it. If a part of the cross was missing, then you knew the coin was missing some metal I think. The English silver penny has roots back to the Roman Denarius which is why the abbreviation for penny is “d” and not “p”. The 1792 USA silver centered cent is quite rare & I’ve only seen one in my life. Of course, this is a silver centered cent (not a penny) Here is one from the internet: [url]http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=silver+center+birch+cent&view=detail&id=634A66143B028F9A52ADB735BEF3258D3C44E65E&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR[/url] Here is a Model Penny from Great Britain. I believe that the center of this particular coin is copper-nickel alloy. Some may have a small silver cent pressed in the center. [url]http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=model+penny&view=detail&id=7DE1EE6C012B6C09B275F67E4996830F458970F2&first=0[/url][/QUOTE]
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