I have a 1993 d steel penny

I can't say Never Get Lucky I do got a story about coins that's good

My buddy about 10 years ago at three roles of silver dollars from the 1800s

Two $1,000 bills for $500 bills in like five or six gold coins can't remember how many exactly he found them all and we went to Houston and he split the money with me we got about 15 grand for all of it that's lucky God bless his heart and God Rest his soul he was a good guy

 

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People do strange things to coins, and this is aside from the school experiments, so it's often best to focus on the what than the why. However, I applaud your curiosity and hope that you stick around. If this or any other coin you may have is sufficient to spark an interest in the hobby, this alone would make it an excellent find.

Likewise.

 

Hey thanks God bless you guys

 

I taught high school chemistry for a few years and we had an experiment where we plated pennies with zinc which gave them a "silvery" color, and if they were heated up, the zinc coating would blend with the copper to give brass, of course we called them "gold" pennies. To be magnetic, the coating would have to be a ferromagnetic metal such as iron or nickel. These are well known...why...your guess is as good as mine. We can suggest some ways to try and investigate this coin, but in the end, you will have to take it to a dealer or a grading service to prove authenticity. And if authentic, it could be worth a bit. Let me see if I can find my "gold" pennies...

 

Nothing close to cent size in any composition was minted for a foreign country within a few years of 1993.

https://minterrornews.com/news-5-13-03-foreigners_in_the_mint.html
Near the bottom, there is a link to click on an extensive table of foreign coins made by the US mint. Lots of great info including dates, size, and composition (good site to bookmark)

@Steel. As others have said, it's a plated cent. This is a very common HS Chemistry class experiment. Cost is minimal and the student gets to take their experiment home. If you really like the coin, here's how you can make a lot more
https://www.sciencecompany.com/Turn-Copper-Pennies-Into-Silver-and-Gold-Pennies.aspx

 

Thanks

 

Have to disagree a bit. Easy to zinc plate, not so easy to nickel or iron plate.

 

Awesome...

 

Shot down by a technicality unless I can find some ferromagnetic zinc . Oh well, point taken

 

Probably more of a physics experiment, or shop.

 

Yes Corgi your post was before Cutlers.

 

I just found this today any one have any ideas

 

There are a couple of possibilities. Sometimes people take the plating off,
and reveal the zinc underneath. That would be damage and it's worth 1 cent.
The other thing, it could have been struck on a zinc planchet that was not plated.
That would be an error and would have value.
I forgot how you tell the difference. But there are other threads here on the same
topic (unplated zinc, etc.) and in those threads there are experts which can tell you
which one is deplated (damage) and which one is unplated. (good error).
Like I said, I don't remember the difference, but it's almost always deplated.

 

I just got one of those "gold" pennies. Thought it could be rare...Guess not, dreams shattered. Thanks for the info anyway. It was 1993 D that made it to Wyoming.

 

I believe you.

(All but “the magnet” part.)


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Believe who? If you use the @ key and the member's name, then we know.

 

Grey, and the size of a nickel, but with the full design appearing? That sounds like a fake, although I don't know its purpose...

 

Not too hard to alter a 1943 steel cent to a 1993 steel cent for most engravers So all internal measurements would be within specs. Jim