is this a real penny?

pennyman6

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Is this a real penny?

commoncents05

Yes. It has been plated (post-mint).

-Paul

BStrauss3

A real cent that has been plated (or rubbed with mercury - back in the old days we used to do that).

pennyman6

But its from 1991. Does it have value?

grip

Need a video: Kidding;

GaCoinGuy

High school science project. They plate them with all kinds of stuff.

silverpop

value-1 cent

davewesen

Originally posted by: pennyman6
But its from 1991. Does it have value?

someone can plate any metal coin with whatever

the cointvsharks sold platinum plated statehood quarters to the gullible, they have value but not much more than 25 cents


yours probably not much more than 1 cent, but you might be able to sell it to someone for a dollar...

pennyman6

Thanks guys appreciate it...

ProofArtworkonCircs

Welcome pennyman6 to the forum!

COINS MAKE CENTS

Yes its real. Alot of "shop classes" in school would do this to teach kids about plating

mariner67

No, it is not a real penny.
The USA does not make pennies.
The coin is a cent!

Goldbully

Why are so many of the new posters employing this avatar?

Sotty

Put any clean post 1982 cent on a cookie sheet in a 350 oven for a few hours and you will have a cent like that.

mustangmanbob

US Treasury calls them a penny and a cent.

Just like the terms engine and motor are now interchangeable.

The escalator covers all, well, escalators.

Xerox is synonymous with photo copying

Kleenex, Scotch Tape,

The battle has been lost.

Move on with your lives, citizens.

Back on Topic:

I have a metal shop I use to refinish my classic auto parts. In the Zinc line, they have "clear" which is white, yellow, which looks like gold anodize, and black, which is black.

I toss in steel cents in the clear line, along with "trash" foreign coins, rusted or corroded, to see how they do. The batch I got back this week included a 1902 French 5 centime, a 1943 Canadian 1 cent, several 1919 to 1921 German 5 pfennig, and an unknown Japanese coin. It takes coins that normally would be trashed, and makes them "appealing" and I give them away.

I will also toss in some 1970's cents just to mess around. I don't do late (Zincoln's) as they do not survive the strip process (zinc is eaten up)

Yorkshireman

Originally posted by: Hydrant

Originally posted by: grip
Need a video: Kidding;

No, no, no more videos!

Yes!!

ricko

Welcome aboard pennyman6.....Cheers, RickO