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Silver colored IH penny (Picture Loaded)
Skoonce65
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1903 plated Indian Head. Does anyone know the history / reason behind why this was done? Zinc or silver? It is not magnetic. I don't imagine it increases the value....
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Gonna need a picture here.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
I thought it upload
ed. let me try again.
Yech! Could be silver, zinc, paint. I don't know why it was done, since I wasn't there at the time. Someone must have thought it was a good idea.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
Probably zinc'd. A lot of cent coins get that treatment when tossed in with 1943 steels being reprocessed.
Zero value
It doesn't appear to be paint but plated. I appreciate the input!
Could also be mercury rubbed.... certainly post mint and not of added value. Cheers, RickO
I wonder if it could have been passed as a dime
Looks like somebody passed it!