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pixiedylan New Member United Kingdom 0 Posts	Posted 05/02/2013 04:21 am Hi there I have a couple of silver coloured British pennies dated 1996 and wondered if they were unusual/ valuable. They were never coloured the usual brown colour, I remember getting them in 1996 and thinking how pretty they were, so I kept them. They aren't silver of course, I did the fridge test but it looks like they were never covered (I know there is a technical name for this, but it escapes me!) Wondered if anybody knew anything about them at all. Thanks Sarah Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 189748 Posts	Posted 05/02/2013 10:24 am to the Community! I moved your welcome post to the 'United Kingdom (Great Britain) Coins' forum for the proper attention. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 05/02/2013 10:39 am Need to see pictures, but in the first instance my guess is that they have the copper plating missing. Not a very rare error for this class of coin. Dunno why that is the case. They are so obvious, and shouldn't leave the Mint that way. Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 05/02/2013 12:21 pm The copper plating is very thick and the steel rusts easily. It would be very noticable. The most probable thing is that it has been zinc plated by a bored student in chemistry. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 05/02/2013 9:17 pm That makes sense to me! Report this Post to the Staff
DaytR Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 837 Posts	Posted 07/05/2013 1:38 pm There is a possibility that those are actually silver pennies ! http://www.flickr.com/photos/720885.../9210106764/ Report this Post to the Staff
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