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1959 Silver Penny Unknown

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 Posted 04/11/2023  9:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add silviosi to your friends list
@ Hondo: it is three step procedure. I say three because is use three ingredients, plus water and heating. If you deep before silver in the cleaning solution (for jewelry, silver), yes you has silver molecules in that solution. In general those solutions are base on cyanide of potassium.
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 Posted 04/14/2023  4:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add 1959silver to your friends list
Update:
Went to a higher end jeweler today. not reputable coin shops in my area
It is silver
Weight is 2 penny weight which converts to 3.11 grams
Working on better photos
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 Posted 04/14/2023  4:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add HondoB to your friends list
3.11 grams is the exact target weight for a 1959 copper Lincoln Cent. If it were struck on a silver dime planchet, the weight would be 2.5 g.
Electroplating one with silver would add only a few milligrams of weight.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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 Posted 04/14/2023  5:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add 1959silver to your friends list
Let me add photos, it wasn't struck even, one side is thicker than the other.
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 Posted 04/14/2023  5:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add 1959silver to your friends list

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1959 silver penny (tested at jewelers)
Weighs 2 penny weight converts to 3.11 grams
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 Posted 04/14/2023  5:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add silviosi to your friends list
Is normal to say Silver if they had chip XRF which took only surface. an good XRF will go at least 1 mm deep. Damage you spend money for nothing.
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 Posted 04/14/2023  5:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jasper62 to your friends list
It's not silver. It's a high school experiment that's been around for decades. There are hundreds of videos online if you want see how it's made. Your coin is plated .nothing more. Here is one way of many ways to do it.

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 Posted 04/14/2023  5:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
Well, 3.1g is correct for a bronze cent. What fineness did the jeweler say it was?
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 Posted 04/14/2023  5:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add 1959silver to your friends list
Agreed, but if you zoom into the third photo, coin was not struck even, one side is thicker
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 Posted 04/14/2023  7:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bobby131313 to your friends list
It's not silver, plain and simple.
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 Posted 04/14/2023  7:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinHI to your friends list
Plated on a slightly tapered planchet would be my guess.
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 Posted 04/14/2023  7:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rocky to your friends list
1959silver the 5 on your coin is doubled. I wish I could get a closer look. well the 5 is for sure I can see that easy. so yes this coin is a keeper.
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 Posted 04/14/2023  10:47 pm  Show Profile   Check Pacificoin's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Pacificoin to your friends list
Why is this onto three pages?
Clearly played with !
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 Posted 04/15/2023  06:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jasper62 to your friends list

Quote:
Hi JAS,

Please delete this video.

All my best,

silvio


why the personal message?
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 Posted 04/15/2023  08:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list
Note what the Forum Dad has said.
That is the way it is.
Pure and simple.
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