Russia 2 Kopek 1908 Struck In Wrong Metal?

There are, of course, two other explanations for the metal being the wrong colour.

The most mundane is that the image has simply been photoshopped to bring out the details, washing out the copper colour. The seller offers no description whatsoever and does not actually say the coin is silvery.

The second possibility is a post-mint plate job. Perhaps the coin has been plated by a counterfeiter hoping to pass it as a higher-value coin. Perhaps someone tried turning it into a piece of jewellery. Perhaps someone was simply doing an electrochemistry demonstration, which is how I come to own a "silver" Australian 2 cent coin.

I should also point out that the seller also does not show the other side. I'd never bid on a coin I couldn't see both sides of; who knows what unpleasant surprises might be hiding there? Seeing the other side might also have helped determine which of the above options, if any, might be true.

That's interesting--I think I see a place on the rim where the copper is showing--plated perhaps?
Whatever it turns out to be--hope you post pictures when you get it.

I honestly think it's been through some cleaning process.