1937 Cupro Nickel Great Britain Penny. What Is It Wort?

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Carbay501 New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 07/04/2016 5:15 pm I have a 1937 cupro nickel Great Britain penny. IS it an error? Value? Edited by Carbay501 07/04/2016 6:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16809 Posts	Posted 07/04/2016 6:05 pm It is far more likely to be a normal copper penny that has been silver-washed or silver plated to make it look like a florin. Without seeing pictures, all I can add is to weigh it. If it weighs the same as a florin, then it might be a mint error. If it weighs the same as a normal copper penny, then it's a plated coin, and technically still illegal to own in Britain. 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
Carbay501 New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 07/04/2016 6:47 pm Weighs the same as copper penny. Report this Post to the Staff
Pertinax Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2133 Posts	Posted 07/04/2016 7:39 pm My cousin has a cupro-nickel decimal UK penny and a letter from The Royal Mint certifying that it was struck on a cupro-nickel blank. I suggest Carbay501 sends his penny to The Royal Mint asking if it was struck on a cupro-nickel blank and (most importantly) asking them to return it and enclosing a cheque for it to be addressed signed for. An email to the Mint would be a good first step in case their policy has changed. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 07/06/2016 02:08 am It is relatively to nickel plate a bronze coin in a high school chemistry laboratory. Easy to make them look like genuine off metal strikes. Report this Post to the Staff
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17903 Posts	Posted 07/06/2016 02:37 am I agree with Pertinax. Only The Royal Mint could confirm if it is genuine. I'm inclined to think that it's been plated, as The Royal Mint didn't produce any cupro-nickel coins for the UK in 1937, although I suppose there might have been stocks of the metal lying around for certain colonial coins like Fiji or Jamaican pennies. My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
Carbay501 New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 07/06/2016 9:20 pm Thanks for everyone's help. I found the same coin inot an auction. https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-us/...a41600355959 Report this Post to the Staff
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