US cents have never been made of silver.
In 1963, the United States Mint produced Lincoln cents that were made of 95% copper and 5% zinc, without any silver content. Silver pennies were not issued for circulation in the United States in 1963.
Not sure but a good place to look would be on eBay where there are thousands of coins for auction and saleAnswerThere is no such thing as a silver penny. 1963 would have been about the time I was taking high school chemistry. We electroplated dimes with the copper from pennies and pennies with the silver from dimes. Your coin has no numismatic value.
Penny Vilagos was born in 1963.
1963 COPPER penny is worth half a billion dollars.
A 1963 contains .07232 ounces of silver.
....1 cent.
The Mint has never struck pennies out of silver, because they'd be worth more than dimes. Your coin has almost certainly been plated by someone after it left the Mint. That means it's considered to be an altered coin worth only face value. You just found half of my high-school science project. Someone else has a copper dime. There is no such thing as a silver penny. 1963 would have been about the time I was taking high school chemistry. We electroplated dimes with the copper from pennies and pennies with the silver from dimes. Your coin has no numismatic value.
The US Mint never issued a 1963 golden penny. Sometime the copper cent can tarnish to a golden hue if it is in the right environment.
There were never 1963 5.00 silver certificates made. The last year of 5.00 silver certificates was 1957. Although, there were 1963 red seal certificates.
$0.01 in 1963 had the same buying power as $0.08 in 2016.
San Francisco didn't mint any cents for circulation in 1963. If your coin has no mint mark or a D, it's worth a penny. If it's another date, please check again and post a new question.
No such thing. There were no silver dollars minted that year.