@apex, first welcome to CCF. Second, regardless of whether this is mercury or silver paint, your coin looks neat. Unfortunately, it is only worth face value.
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I don't think that mercury will adhere to copper like it does to gold and silver. But I think that someone just placed the cent down and spray painted it with silver paint. getting the obverse and edge.
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