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United States
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I came across this 1971 silver non magnetic penny. Does anyone have any idea as to why this is silver?    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Paint ? Have tried dipping it in acetone ?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a couple chrome plated LC's from the 70's myself. Mine have some shine them, yours seems a bit flat, but that may be the photo's or plated with something different. They are fun finds though and my kids like these.
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 United States
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 Thanks guys! How do I find out if it's plated? Is there any value to it? |
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Valued Member
United States
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Omg I'm so sorry I didn't realize I hit the wrong thing. I meant to hit the smiley face and I must have fat fingers or something and hit the wrong one. It was supposed to be  . |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yep looks plated, 1971 pennies are made of copper.
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 United States
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Looks plated,maybe mercury? Not shiny enough for chrome. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I remember a bunch of them when I was a kid going around boston area , some guys that worked at a bumber plant made a pile of them.crome plated penny's,i still have some .
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Valued Member
United States
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It's very possible Cookie Monster that these are one of them as well, I'm in the northern part of NH right on the line of Mass. This penny belongs to my friend who inherited her father in laws penny collection, so we don't have any idea where he came across this, but had it in with all the other wheat pennies he collected. |
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I agree that it appears to be plated.
Need accurate weight.
A pure silver penny of exactly the same dimensions of diameter and thickness should weigh about 20% more, and should appear much whiter.
My guess that it is zinc or nickel plated, probably a product of a high school chemical lab. experiment.
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Valued Member
United States
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John1, is mercury possible? Any idea as to how I would tell if this is plated or mercury?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Take it to a large bullion or coin dealer that has an XRF, ask if they would xray it for you
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United States
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It is possible to be plated or coated in mercury. Don't know how to tell. You Tube maybe? John1 |
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United States
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 Fascinating! I don't have a scale to weigh it right now but I'll have to look into that later this afternoon but I appreciate all the comments, I'm always looking to learn About these things. Thank you |
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Posted 05/05/2017 10:55 pm
