No, there is no silver in a 1817 US penny.
US pennies have never been made of silver.
There is no such thing as a U.S. silver penny.
There was never a silver Indian Head penny.
No such thing as a 94 silver penny.
The U.S. has never made one cent (penny's) coins from silver. The coin has likely been silver plated. It is not rare or special, it's just a penny.
U.S. pennies have never contained silver. Your penny is probably silver plated for jewelry or other decorations.
The US has never made and never will make silver pennies. If a penny was silver it would be worth more than a dime.
Yes the 1970 penny is real silver and is worth keeping or even selling
All 1967 general circulation British Pennies were made from bronze. If you have a silver Penny, it will be because somebody has plated it. Alternatively, the British Maundy Penny is a very much smaller coin than the traditional Penny and is made from sterling silver.
if the size of your penny is the same size as a copper penny and your penny is SOLID silver then a silver penny would be about 2.1 grams and today(june 25 2012) silver price is about $28.79 an ounce and there are 31.1 grams in 1 ounce making you penny worth about $1.90 but since the (kind of ) rarity it would be about $3 to somebody on ebay(+shipping) hope i helped :)
When a penny is cooked in sodium, a reaction occurs that removes the copper coating from the penny. This leaves behind a layer of silver-colored elemental sodium on the surface of the penny, giving it a silver appearance.