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<p>[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 3087903, member: 84179"][USER=95527]@159miller[/USER] First of all, welcome to coin talk. Being new, you probably don't know the players yet, but you received responses from some very knowledgeable and credible numismatists. Coin Talk gets numerous posts from people having silver cents. In nearly every instance, they are plated. Plating Cents has been used for over 60 as an experiment in School Chemistry Labs. It's a great teaching tool and the student gets to take home his/her experiment. Frequently these experiments end up in circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a link if you want to make some yourself</p><p><a href="https://www.sciencecompany.com/Turn-Copper-Pennies-Into-Silver-and-Gold-Pennies.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sciencecompany.com/Turn-Copper-Pennies-Into-Silver-and-Gold-Pennies.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.sciencecompany.com/Turn-Copper-Pennies-Into-Silver-and-Gold-Pennies.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You really need to post a clear picture of both the front and reverse. There are a number of extremely knowledgeable numismatists on CT If you have something other than a plated cent, they will let you know, however, don't get your hopes up.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 3087903, member: 84179"][USER=95527]@159miller[/USER] First of all, welcome to coin talk. Being new, you probably don't know the players yet, but you received responses from some very knowledgeable and credible numismatists. Coin Talk gets numerous posts from people having silver cents. In nearly every instance, they are plated. Plating Cents has been used for over 60 as an experiment in School Chemistry Labs. It's a great teaching tool and the student gets to take home his/her experiment. Frequently these experiments end up in circulation. Here is a link if you want to make some yourself [url]https://www.sciencecompany.com/Turn-Copper-Pennies-Into-Silver-and-Gold-Pennies.aspx[/url] You really need to post a clear picture of both the front and reverse. There are a number of extremely knowledgeable numismatists on CT If you have something other than a plated cent, they will let you know, however, don't get your hopes up. Hope this helps[/QUOTE]
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