Is this just a zinc plated penny?

Found a silver penny in a old roll

 

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Yes. All 1943 cents were made of zinc plated steel. This was due to a copper shortage during WWII.

 

However, it may be that the coin is oversized because it was once in a 'lucky penny' holder.

 

But it's deffantly a error this time right?

 

no, not an error.

and as Rick said:

not silver.

 

Damn.... ( what's with the border around it?

 

part of jewlery, if you have a 1943 COPPER penny than that is a rare error worth almost as much as my house!

 

I'm not trying to change the subject, but it was just last week that I mentioned that it would only take about three generations for people to forget about Mint releases of the past. I used as an example the 1943 steel cent. See, folks! I wasn't wrong!

No offense intended to the OP.

Chris