1969 Penny Question

[bigrig40]

Hi all,
Just curious,i found this penny the same day as the seated dime and it is silver plated.any ideas?

peace,bigrig

 

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[Visionquest]

Some kid had fun with solder probably. Can look very close to silver.

 

[Moonshadow]

Looks like someone was playing a trick maybe. Dipped it for whatever reason.

HH,

Moon

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Hey BR, looks like it has been in a very wet area, like a beach find. ?I have a bowl full of those glazed looking silver types. ?HH, Mike

 

[SmokeEater]

Dipping a coin in MERCURY can have the same affect.

 

[hollowpointred]

could it be silver or chrome paint bigrig?

 

[privet12]

My vote is MERCURY

 

[Born2Dtect]

Electroplating is easy to do similar to electrolysis. A guy I knew took about 20 pennies one day and nickle plated them. They come out nice a silvery looking. I play a joke on some telling them they are they new steel pennies like the war time pennies of the 40's. With the new coins out now they usually believe me for a while. This could be similar to what you have. It is still a very unique and interesting find.

Ed

 

[willie d]

Hey, I have one of those only it is a 1953 wheatie. I also have a gold plated bicentennial quarter both found at different times in different pieces of furniture.