Identify 1911 Canada one cent

rmuniak

Tried to find a 1911 Canada one cent on the internet that is not made out of bronze. The one I have weighs the same 5.6 grams is the same size and is worn. So if it was coated it would have worn out in spots.. Is there a fake one going around? Found it in a big batch of world coins.As you can see it is silver in color. Not saying it is silver. It is non-magnetic

Oldhoopster

It was plated after it left the mint. Sorry, but Not an error.

1960NYGiants

Someone played with it: looks to be plated - the anode contact marks are seen at 3:00 on top photo and 9:00 in bottom.

YQQ

Am with Gene on this one..
low end 1911 cent.
people played with these coins because they were low cost and worth an experiment.

rmuniak

kind of figured that...Thanks Must of done it years after circulation

YQQ

If you have any daubt, find a jeweler or coin dealer who has a XRF machine.
they can check the coins components. then you are sure of what you have.
if it is silver,let us know because you then probably have the only one in existence.
However, it is very much unlikely, but it would bring up a whole bunch of other questions.

Insider2

Someone already filed the rim at 3 o'clock to expose the bronze!

YQQ

think about it guys, IF it is silver, what immense amount it could be worth????
one of a kind....., a test coin perhaps? or perhaps one from PRoC??

syl

High school or garage experiment

Sapyx

Or a counterfeiter. One of the drawbacks of British and British Colonial coinages is that the obverses are all identical across the denomination series. So it's relatively easy to take a bronze coin, plate it in silver (or even gold) and try to pass it off to a merchant as a higher-face-value coin (in this case, presumably, a quarter) , just by putting it on the counter face-up. Most countries have laws against privately plating coinage, specifically for this reason.

Remember, a counterfeit coin only has to fool one person, once, and it's mission accomplished for the counterfeiter.