<VV> Coin help (no Corvair)

[Tony Underwood]

At 11:06 hours 07/03/2005, Larry Shapiro wrote:
>I am the coin man :)
>Larry
>www.larryscorvair.com
>  www.pqdollars.com
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>>Everyone,
>>
>>I am looking for someone that collects coins. I have recently found an
>>oddball that I would like to find out about. I tried the internet, but
>>perhaps I am not using the right search terms.
>>
>>I found a silver penny. It doesn't appear to be from damage or anything
>>of the sort. Now old either. Was there ever such a thing? Is this a
>>rarity or just some cheap Franklin Mint pop that I should just use to
>>add the extra cent to my next cigarette purchase?




I have run across a couple of chrome plated nickels...  odd ducks.   Not 
sure what the story there is, but the last one also had a scratch on it 
that looked as if somebody had gouged it to confirm that it had been 
plated; underneath was the "warmer" colored nickel alloy.

The first impulse over the "silver" penny is that it's a '43 wartime 
pressing made of steel, zinc plated.  Copper shortage and all, pennies were 
made of "mild" steel that year and plated so they wouldn't rust.  In fact, 
other wartime years pennies were stamped using "shellcase copper" alloy 
that was recycled war department surplus.   But you said it wasn't an old 
penny...?

This would suggest that somebody has been playing with their home plating 
kit ala the chrome plated nickels.

Once upon a time I copper-plated a nickel with a solution of copper 
sulfate...  goofing around.   It didn't come out as nice as the chromed 
nickels.


tony..