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Treasure > Miscellaneous > Coins (Moderators: Marc, jeff of pa) > Topic: any info on 1998 silver penny
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« on: March 25, 2006, 04:34:49 pm »
Looks silver cant find any info on this coin so im here again to ask the pros ...Thanks
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« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2006, 04:37:14 pm »
Picture Or Description Please.

 It's not U.S. if it's real.

No Silver Pennies here Ever, Not even Special issues that I know of.


 ANYONE ?  ANYONE ?  Huh

 
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« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2006, 05:04:20 pm »
looks like a penny but its silver maybe some kind of steel but looks silver to me

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« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2006, 05:17:55 pm »
maybe an error with the plating? i dont think a silver or steel 98 penny was ever minted. even for a collectors  set.
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« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2006, 05:28:36 pm »
options are:

A) it has been plated/ painted
B) An extremely rare and valuable error in which a dime or nickel blank gets into the penny line (check the side for clad or weird size)
C) counterfeit (total error from a dime blank , which is pretty easy to get)

These are the most likely, if you are really serious, take it to a coin show/PCGS (i think that's the name)

I have one of those, i still don't know if it's real or not.

Very nice find, hope you find out exactly what it is.

-GC

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No one saw it, it's not illegal.
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« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2006, 10:02:51 am »
I just saw one of those last week in a coin shop and I asked the guy about it. 

He said that it was zinc and that they screwed up and didn't put the copper finish on the penny.

I don't know if that is true or not - that is just what the owner of the coin shop told me.
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« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2006, 11:54:39 am »
I'll lay money on urbss being right  Wink

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« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2006, 05:26:31 pm »
When I was a kid 50 years ago or so, and before mercury was widely known as a health hazzard, we used to rub mercury on pennies with our fingers and they would shine like a new dime.  Maybe someone did that to it.
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