I have found a 1960 D silver penny please help?

Up to my usual - challenging conventional wisdom among coin people because I observe far more convention than wisdom in it.

But then I work for my legislature, so I'm used to being surrounded by hot air.

 

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Ah, die scratches vs die polish?

 

Nah, more existential stuff than that. Big picture hobby trends like the proliferation of stickering services. Stuff that gives me the overwhelming feeling we're engaging in the biggest self-delusional con job in the history of mankind.

What's the over/under on when someone comes up with a sticker that says, "No, seriously dude, it's an MS66!"

 

Seriously ?

 

Grading the flea that's wagging the tail that's wagging the dog? I'm hoping for a wave of creative destruction when it comes to U.S coin grading.

 

It's almost as much fun as sticking my finger in the eye of gold bugs and silver stackers.

 

Hey, jello, I have an ex-wife in Huntsville, AL. Seen her? Tall, blonde, southern accent. Enough detail?

 

Fishing in the Wrong place chief.

 

Silly of me. I believed your profile.

 

I live in Huntsville Alabama. I just don't know how it has anything topic.

 

Before anything get said . Remember that the topic a silver looking 1960-D .

 

If it's a copper coin that's plated how come it sticks to a magnet not strongly but sticks to a magnet.

 

If it's a copper coin that's plated how come it sticks to a magnet not strongly but sticks to a magnet.

 

Maybe it's got sticky stuff on it.

Maybe it's got sticky stuff on it.

 

The plating has a ferromagnetic metal like nickel or paramagnetic metal. Very common for these "science experiments", especially the weak attraction to a magnet.

 

It is most likely plated with nickel. Pure nickel is strongly magnetic, so the small amount of nickel plated on the coin allow it to stick, but not strongly stick, to the magnet.