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Florry New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 02/11/2016 6:24 pm Hello, in 1994 I pulled an error con out of a bag of brand new pennies. It is mostly silver with a blob of copper each side. I have kept it in a bag all these years but out of curiosity have wondered if it has any value. I have searched for errors of this nature and have only found one reference to something similar which was an entirely silver 1p. If you think it is worth trying to sell, where is the best place? Kind regards Florry. Report this Post to the Staff

thedollarman Pillar of the Community Canada 4911 Posts	Posted 02/11/2016 6:25 pm images would be grand. we can tell you if it is an error, how it occured, value etc. Feel free to call me Will. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16852 Posts	Posted 02/11/2016 7:22 pm Hello and welcome. First off, we should say that your "silver" almost certainly isn't actual silver. In 1994, as is still the case today, British pennies were made of steel, with a thin copper plating. So a penny that shows as "silver" is most likely a steel penny that's got something wrong with the plating, so the steel is showing through. Whether the "thing that went wrong with the plating" happened at the mint (and would therefore be a mint error) or happened afterwards (and would therefore be a "damaged coin") is impossible to say, without seeing pictures of your actual coin. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Florry New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 02/12/2016 03:01 am Thanks for your responses, I meant silver colour rather than actual silver. I'm sure it happened at the mint as it came in a bag of brand new pennies from the bank. If it's not worth much I will keep it as I'm quite fond of it now I will upload some pics later I just need to reduce the file size. You must all get fed up of people coming here asking the same old questions! Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 02/12/2016 03:05 am The Free Image Optimizer can help with resizing. Report this Post to the Staff
trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 02/12/2016 03:06 am First of all. Quote: You must all get fed up of people coming here asking the same old questions! Not at all. Most of us here consider that the only booring/stupid question is the one NOT asked Looking forward to your images Report this Post to the Staff
stuwii New Member United Kingdom 16 Posts	Posted 02/25/2016 5:42 pm I used to work at a school where they dipped penny's in a solution in the science labs. They came out silver looking. Not sure what chemicals where used but my son has one somewhere that a science teacher gave him on an open evening. It could be one of those. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16852 Posts	Posted 02/26/2016 07:29 am A copper or bronze coin dipped into a solution of powdered zinc and sodium hydroxide will plate the dissolved zinc onto the copper, creating a "silvery-looking" coin. You can then take the science demonstration one step further: if you then heat this zinc-coated copper coin carefully in a flame, the zinc and copper form a brass alloy and the coin turns golden-brassy in colour. I'm not sure the demonstration works as well for modern copper-plated-steel coins. The first step should still work, but the second step will probably get interference from the underlying steel. As for the OP's coin: if it truly came out of a mint bag, then the most logical explanation is that it is missing the copper plating. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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