Gold Plated Penny

penzfan · Jun 30, 2014

Anyone ever find a 10k gold plated penny? Found this one at the beach today.

Scrammer · Jun 30, 2014

I have never FOUND one, but I attend the National Association of Surface Finishers conventions and every few years one of the companies will have pennies that have different plates on them. I have a bunch of "mechanically plated steel" and a couple nickel plated. HH

WaterWalker · Jun 30, 2014

Never found one, but I have gold plated foreign coins and set them free in a foreign country. I have never heard of any of them being found, yet...

lookindown · Jun 30, 2014

How do you know its 10k.

penzfan · Jul 1, 2014

Used my gold test kit.

lookindown said:
How do you know its 10k.

mnruxpin · Jul 1, 2014

gotta gold plated Kennedy clad half dollar

hubcap76 · Jul 1, 2014

Eyeballed something similar in Walgreen's register till. I have proof sets that are gold in color, but found it odd to see this quarter mixed in. Just a 06 Nevada p

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Bumpstick · Jul 2, 2014

I remember the Gold dimes that sprint put into circulation while living in Overland Park Kansas.

SPRINT PLANS GOLD-PLATED DIME PROMOTION

by CBR Staff Writer| 04 April 1997

Sprint Corp plans to drop 1,000 24 carat gold-plated dimes around the country as part of a promotion, with the first dime found worth $25,000 to the finder. The first person to find a dime and call the Sprint 1-800 number will win $25,000 and a year of free long-distance service from Sprint, and the next 10 will get the free telephone service and $1,000 each. :headbang:

penzfan · Jul 3, 2014

cool promotion

Boatlode · Jul 3, 2014

Bumpstick said:
I remember the Gold dimes that sprint put into circulation while living in Overland Park Kansas.

SPRINT PLANS GOLD-PLATED DIME PROMOTION

by CBR Staff Writer| 04 April 1997

Sprint Corp plans to drop 1,000 24 carat gold-plated dimes around the country as part of a promotion, with the first dime found worth $25,000 to the finder. The first person to find a dime and call the Sprint 1-800 number will win $25,000 and a year of free long-distance service from Sprint, and the next 10 will get the free telephone service and $1,000 each.