I found a 1957 silver colored penny and i was wondering on value cause i"ve never seen one like it.?

Question

I found a 1957 silver colored penny and i was wondering on value cause i"ve never seen one like it.?

Answer 1

the 1943 pennies were steel coated with zinc

http://coins.about.com/od/uscoins/f/silv...

A 1957 cent is all copper. The silver part has been coated with some other metal, so this is a damaged coin with no numismatic value.

Answer 2

It is true that this is probably a plated fake but it could be an error.

Some pennies were made with silver dimes by accident.

To know what you have you need to weigh your coin in grams.

Here are other examples.

1958 Lincoln Cent NGC MS-65   $1750

Struck on Type-1 Cuba 1 Centavo planchet.

Highest grade known of this off-metal cent.

1959 Lincoln Cent PCGS MS-63   $2350

Struck on a Silver Dime planchet. First year of Memorial reverse.