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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;girldly, post: 2421940, member: 74386&quot;]All I know is if anyone has a silver color penny, do not waste your time sending it in for them to check out your penny.&nbsp; Our 1972 Penny was sent back.&nbsp; According to the RED BOOK, if a coin is not supposed to be made of a different alloy, they do not recognize it as an unusual or valuable coin.&nbsp; Very disappointing....I have wanted to write the authors/experts and ask, why?&nbsp; They seem to think that someone at the mint purposely minted the penny we own that way, thus, it is of no value. </p><p>My thinking is, gee, when my husband received this coin as a kid, he sure did not contact the mint and order a silver color penny.&nbsp; It was not dipped, coated, etc.&nbsp; It is silver color all the way through it.&nbsp; But, if you look at the RED BOOK...too bad for you.&nbsp; It is apparently made of nickel, which gives it the magnetic properties.</p><p>According to the RED BOOK, they do not take this into consideration.&nbsp; I have not read it in a while, so forgive me if it is not stated precisely, however, that is the basic jest of what we learned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even after this disappointment, I am more of coin collector than ever.&nbsp; I look at each and every coin I touch...&nbsp; My father left me bags of wheat pennies, I go through them when ever I have extra time.&nbsp; MAYBE I will find a winner in one of his bags....who knows?</p><p><br /></p><p>Best of luck to all of my fellow collectors![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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