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hi. i believe i have a 1958 D mint SILVER penny. any idea about what its worth?
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<p>[QUOTE="cubenewb, post: 1073502, member: 25644"]There are definitely many silver-colored pennies from 1943, although the metal is steel, not silver <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> .</p><p><br /></p><p> As for the 'shenanigan of self coating,' well... I believe Archimedes once unveiled a person coating a king's crown in gold and trying to pass it off as solid. Seems the perennial issue accompanying the refinement and machination of precious metal is the drive by some people to create fakes... economics tends to assume that humans act in self-interest and one of those interests is attaining economic profit. Sort of sad that such a field of study can predict many things accurately... all through its premise that humans are selfish <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If there's money at the end of it it's been done[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cubenewb, post: 1073502, member: 25644"]There are definitely many silver-colored pennies from 1943, although the metal is steel, not silver :p . As for the 'shenanigan of self coating,' well... I believe Archimedes once unveiled a person coating a king's crown in gold and trying to pass it off as solid. Seems the perennial issue accompanying the refinement and machination of precious metal is the drive by some people to create fakes... economics tends to assume that humans act in self-interest and one of those interests is attaining economic profit. Sort of sad that such a field of study can predict many things accurately... all through its premise that humans are selfish :p If there's money at the end of it it's been done[/QUOTE]
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