1960 Canadian Penny, There Is Something Wrong Here!

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1PPCLI Valued Member Canada 61 Posts	Posted 09/20/2013 01:04 am I was at a coin shop today and was looking through some pennies when I seen something silver in with the 1960's pennies. I took it out and it was a 1960 penny but it was all silver! I thought "Really! trying to sell a spray painted penny are we....LOL SO, I go to scrape off some of the paint and this is what I see! I even took the coin put it on its side and scraped it and it was also silver, very soft scratches easily. So, Do I have something here or am I just Dreaming and should wake up! loljavascript:insertsmilie('') * Edited by Staff to remove YELLING from the subject * Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 09/20/2013 05:32 am First off,stop scratching it.If it is a wrong metal error you are destroying value.Weight it and measure the diameter. John1 Edited by John1 09/20/2013 05:33 am Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsguy Pillar of the Community Canada 2301 Posts	Posted 09/20/2013 07:08 am solder Report this Post to the Staff
pennysaver Pillar of the Community Canada 937 Posts	Posted 09/20/2013 9:36 pm Years ago I had an American penny that had the same look to it as what your pictures show. I, too, thought that I had a treasure until I scraped a tiny bit of the coating from the rim and saw the fresh gleam of copper beneath. The "silver" was quite soft and easy to remove, so I guessed it was just someone goofing around with a soldering gun. Report this Post to the Staff
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