Silver Wheat Cent - 1957-D ??

Discussion in 'What's it Worth' started by Orange Gold, Jul 21, 2010.

  1. panda

    panda Junior Member

    i am not saying its made of nickel or nickel plated, but nickel can be real shiny. look at a new canadian quarter. i got one in change the other day and had to look up and see if they had proofs and if this could be one. the fields were so shiny, they were mirror like.

    i never asked a jeweler to weigh anything, you think they will have a problem?

    and if you can tell its not silver, wouldn't that rule a '57 dime out? seeing is how they were silver?
     
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  3. Orange Gold

    Orange Gold Junior Member


    exactly why I said.. "hmmm"
     
  4. Numismatist47

    Numismatist47 New Member

    Where are the pics you said you would post?
     
  5. Orange Gold

    Orange Gold Junior Member

    Here, sorry I just woke up.
    IMG_0136.jpg IMG_0139.jpg IMG_0137.jpg
     
  6. Numismatist47

    Numismatist47 New Member

  7. Orange Gold

    Orange Gold Junior Member

    It's not silver because of that magnetism.. unless it is plated in something magnetic and then re-plated in silver.
    I still like the idea of a 1943 steel planchet that got lost somewhere in the machinery finally fell back into the conveyer belt and got stamped hehe :D
    But I doubt that.
     
  8. Numismatist47

    Numismatist47 New Member

    Very slim that happened.
     
  9. Orange Gold

    Orange Gold Junior Member

    hehe :p If it did, how much do you think the coin would be worth?
     
  10. Numismatist47

    Numismatist47 New Member

    If it could be authenticated as a genuine steel planchet, and the only known specimen, 5 or 6 figure value.
     
  11. Jon4485

    Jon4485 Junior Member

    you haven't just taken the coin to a dealer yet?

    and is that a big die crack in the pic or just a scratch on the reverse?
     
  12. Orange Gold

    Orange Gold Junior Member

    It's a scratch.. the photo brings it out alot, it's not as visible on the real coin... which raises more questions.. if it was plated then the scratch would have removed the pl.... nvm it could have been plated after the scratch.
     
  13. S7coinz

    S7coinz New Member

    I have one just like it, kept it all these years, thinking it was something special. I came across it when I was a cashier.
     
  14. Steve61

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  16. Brian Neumann

    Brian Neumann New Member

    I have the same coin. That's odd. 1957 d chrome plated. I think , what's up with that ?
     
  17. HOWARD GOTKIN

    HOWARD GOTKIN Member

    Looks like someone was having some fun and dipped it.
     
  18. Garythegreatcoin

    Garythegreatcoin New Member

    Hey I just found that my friend had one two so why 1957 I think it's steel coaref because a magnet can't pick it up but shows sings of catch
     
  19. Skip Dougherty

    Skip Dougherty New Member

    Has anyone found more information on these particular coins? I would like to know more about them.
     
  20. SuperDave

    SuperDave Free the Cartwheels!

    Not much to know; plating Cents was part of the curriculum in Science class in those days.
     
  21. Mike Thorne

    Mike Thorne Well-Known Member

    Back when I was a kid, one of the favorite things for other kids to do was to rub mercury on a cent, and that's the way this coin looks. Of course, people didn't know how dangerous mercury was at the time--most people, that is.
     
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