Zinc Penny

[coinsareawesome]

I found this wheat penny in my backyard that seems to be made of or plated with zinc or silver. What is it?

 

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[Local_coins]

Probably Mercury.

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[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Strange this does not look coated, it looks like a steel cent...

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[blindbug]

Have you taken a magnet to it? 99.99% likelihood of being dipped in mercury or plated, but that tarnish does make it look like a steel cent (don't get your hopes up, it probably isn't). A magnet would let you know whether it is or not.

 

[Dozer D]

Agree, try a magnet test, then a gram scale weight measurement.

 

[coinsareawesome]

I do not have anything I could weigh it on that would tell grams, but I did test it with a magnet and it sticks.

 

[enamel7]

If it barely sticks then plated.

 

[dustywallen]

It looks like it has been electrical plated. I have done this with a 1943 steel cent. Plated it with copper.

 

[coinsareawesome]

OK, thank you all!