back then, the peenies were made out of iron but it looks silver because of an eye illusion
It is silver
Cents dated from 1982-present are made out of copper plated zinc. If you strip off the plating either by chemical means or simply scraping it off, the penny will look like silver. Of course, you can also plate the penny with silver. These do not raise the coin's value and its only worth a penny.
One Cent is the value. The US has never made a silver penny. It may look like silver or have been silver plated but it has no collectible value.
No US one cent coin was EVER struck in silver. It may have been plated or look like silver, but it's not silver. It's just a penny.
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.
The U.S. Mint has never made a Silver Penny . If it is a 1957 Lincoln cent, it has likely been chrome plated which can look like silver. This is very common but the coin does not have any numismatic value.
Please look at the date again. 1958 was the last year for Wheat Penny's.
The U.S. has never made a silver penny, look at the coin again and post new question.
wash it in silver water! You could polish it.
Curium is found to look like silver because it is silver in colour
It looks exactly the same as the 2010 or 2012 penny.
The US coin looks very much like a modern US penny