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1926 silver penny
Pelvin
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I have a 1926 silver penny and looking for information on it. Does anyone have any information on it.
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most likely plated. Post a picture
Beware. It may be coated with mercury.
Mercury is harmless unless inhaled, please don't inhale that penny!!
bob
@Pelvin .... Welcome aboard... as stated above, likely plated or mercury coated... pictures would help. Cheers, RickO
The op sent me photos. IMO, The coin itself looks damaged and does not look like a cent struck on a silver dime, too big. But, he has documentation stated the coin has been tested and is silver. I have no idea if the documentation is correct or not or if they tested the surface only of a plated coin. The OP should post the photos here.
Just says silver planchet, not silver dime planchet. Any chance it was struck on a silver foreign coin planchet?
Could be. I wish the service would have weighed the coin. Planchet size seems too large to be a dime, unless excessive pressure, maybe. I wish the OP would post the photo. I will not. The damage I see is rim damage and marks in the field making this coin a damaged coin on top of what ever it is. If it is a true error it still has quit a bit of value so please post your photo.
NOTE: there are Two threads on this subject
Just looked at the foreign coins struck in U.S. book and no good candidates.
Thanks
That paper has a photo on it
Post the photo on the paper
There is a photo already posted
Thank you, Same coin. We can help you if you can find out the weight.
Weight 2.4 grams
Silver Dime is 2.5 Grams
Your coin is worn so it certainly could be/ is struck on a silver dime planchet.
It has rims
Thank you for the information. I think it would be to your benefit all the way around for you to just send it to PCGS and let them confirm what you have.
Thanks I will look into this.
I say send to PCGS to make it official, but keep that old cert as part of its history. That is a nice find.
Here is my silver cent. It was struck quite a bit later than yours so that may explain the different look I was talking about. Mine seems a smaller diameter than yours. Perhaps there was excessive pressure on the press that struck yours and expanded it.
I am inclined to accept it as cent on dime planchet, damaged.
Send it in under the error service
I agree to a point but it is bigger than a dime in dimensions an thicker than a dime.
Zinc?
Send it in.
The type of press used in 1920 would not have "excess pressure" for one coin. In-hand the 1920 cent should look much like MsMorrisine's 1962 coin.
How good was this original certification company in authenticating errors? I agree with others that the diameter of this coin, if it's supposedly on a US silver 10C planchet, is a little odd. It appears to have very visible upset while being close to true cent diameter. If it's a genuine error I would lean toward a foreign planchet, even though none seem to fit the bill.
Man made?
An accurate weight of this coin is sorely needed. In a perfect world.... also the specific gravity, or maybe just having a look in hand.
check the diameter versus a cent - since it was made with a cent die, the upset rim planchet got squeezed down but should still be smaller diameter or same as a cent - unless there was more post minting damage as people played with it to see what it was.
The OP could go to any jewelry store. I don't think they would mind weighing the coin at no charge.
Actually there are three