One cent. It's been plated for use in jewelry or as part of a high-school chemistry experiment.
The mint never struck cents out of silver. For one thing they'd be worth more than dimes, and second, by 1975 silver had been removed from all denominations - dimes, quarters, halves, and dollars.
.......There are no such coins as state pennies. There is only the State Quarter program (where all quarters outside of mint packaging are only worth 25 cents) but that started in 1999.
US pennies have never been made of silver.
The coin is still in circulation today and is only face value
about $100
1¢
The U.S. never minted a silver penny. It would have more than a dime's worth of silver in it. Your coin has been plated.
1¢
Take it to a collector
U.S. pennies were never made of silver.
There is no such thing.
US pennies have never been made of silver.
There is actually no such thing as a 1973 'silver' penny. However, there are some Lincoln pennies from 1973-74 that have a shiny, silver-like look. These pennies are worth about $1.25.
Sorryno such thing as asilver penny