I found a silver or nickel penny from1977. It has no markings different from a regular penny. Any ideas?

Question

I found a silver or nickel penny from1977. It has no markings different from a regular penny. Any ideas on what it is?

Answer 1

There are no silver or nickel cents from the year 1977 or any other date. The silver colored cent from 1942 is zinc coated steel and all he rest have at least a copper coating. You must have a science class item that was plated or dipped into a chemical. The 1977 cent is .950 copper and .050 tin and zinc. It weighs 3.11 grams. It is a damaged coin in the world of numismatics. You may never find out what someone did to it for there are a lot of things that could have happened to it.

Answer 2

no

Answer 3

The Mint issued steel pennies in 1943 due to wartime copper shortages. No idea about 1977, though.

P.S. "conway_clement" is right. * U.S. * Mint.

P.P.S. Whatever you do, don't clean it! It retains its value (whatever that might be) when it has its original patina.

Answer 4

Eat it. No, im kidding, spend it.

Answer 5

It's only worth a penny

Answer 6

You might want to specify what country it's from. I assume you refer to the U.S. but other countries do have pennies :)

Answer 7

Hello,

   If indeed this penny is silver or nickel, and NOT a mercury coated penny, it is probably worth a LOT!  You need to get it to a real numismatic appraiser.  You need to keep this penny in your sight at all times, while it is being appraised - use a reputable appraiser.  If there is any chance that someone coated it with something, keep it in a small ziplock bag, so the coating cannot contaminate you.  Mercury used to be available, and it can be rubbed onto a clean penny and make it look silver, but the mercury is very bad for you.