| Author |
 Replies: 21 / Views: 9,313 |
|
New Member
Canada
7 Posts |
Hello - I am a long time collector, hobby only, and have no idea what anything is worth - I just like coins! For 2 decades I have had this coin, handed down to me by my mother... A 1966 Canadian penny, minted in something that is NOT copper - it is very silver-like in colour. Has anyone ever heard of this? What would this be worth?   |
|
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
1620 Posts |
 My guess is that it has been plated in silver. Looks like the copper showing through along the rim? |
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
5324 Posts |
|
|
New Member
 Canada
7 Posts |
Thanks for the reply - it doesn't appear to have any copper showing through anywhere. Even the little Knicks along the edge are silver. plated. But maybe it is plated   |
|
New Member
Canada
7 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
1747 Posts |
really? Magnetic? what is the weight of the penny?
This should either be copper (non-mag) Silver (non-mag) or Nickel which is magnetic, but a nickel planchet would be much larger than a penny, and would be mis-formed.
I think this might be a foreign planchet, give the weight and perhaps SPP can chime in.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12477 Posts |
My guess would be nickel-plated. How much does it weigh? Edit: or as ace_ftw suggested, struck on a foreign nickel planchet or perhaps even struck on a cent planchet punched from nickel stock. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
Edited by spru
11/23/2017 5:41 pm
|
|
New Member
Canada
7 Posts |
I don't have a scale sensitive enough to weigh it. Feels heavier than a penny though. Will reply again when I do get it weighed, hopefully early next week.
Thank you!
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
1620 Posts |
The RCM didn't mint any foreign coins in 1966 (or in the 60's at all), so I don't think its a foreign planchet. And since it doesn't look off-size, it was likely plated with a metallic metal, probably nickel. |
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
10038 Posts |
I remember as a kid that in ther same era this coin is from, it was not uncommon to find Canadian Pennies with nickel plating. Back then a lot of them were nickel plated, had a hole drilled in them, and multiples were strung on a chain to make something akin to a charm bracelet.
I also found several in change back in those days - with and without the holes. I also found a George VI nickel plated.
Edited by Earle42
11/23/2017 9:00 pm
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
10038 Posts |
Just did a quick google and found this one that did not have holes in the pennies: Bracelet and earring set.  How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
|
Valued Member
Canada
496 Posts |
Looking closely ,I can see flat spots at E,S & W on the rim.To me this indicates that at one time it was mounted in some form of jewelry.
|
|
Moderator
 Canada
10458 Posts |
At first glance, it appears to be a nickel plated cent, because it is a full strike and full collar. But, I have been fooled before... http://goccf.com/t/280880An XRF analysis should be able to quickly resolve that - if it is magnetic, then it should not have any copper in it. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
|
|
New Member
Canada
7 Posts |
Wow, I find it interesting that the link you provided for that thread was a 1965 penny and this is a 1966. Probably has nothing to do with each other, that being said.
Scale has been ordered and will arrive by next Tues. Will post weight then.
Playing with a magnet and the penny more, it is magnetic, but I would say it is weakly magnetic. The magnet picks it up but it can be taken off the magnet easily by shaking it, in comparison to a nickle or quarter which don't fall off at all.
Any recommendations on where I can send it to have an xrf analysis, cheaply done, in Canada?
Btw, thank you for all the input I have received, I appreciate it greatly.
|
|
Moderator
Canada
10458 Posts |
If it is weakly magnetic, then I suspect that your coin is a nickel-plated normal cent. That 1965 I linked to was a copper-nickel strike, and not magnetic at all.
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
Canada
24885 Posts |
To the Forum. |
| |
Replies: 21 / Views: 9,313 |
Posted 11/23/2017 5:02 pm
