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It's probably only worth face value, except as a conversation piece / curiosity.

All US pennies since 1983 are made almost entirely of zinc, covered with a thin coating of copper. If the coating was never applied at the mint, or someone dipped the coin in acid the silver-colored zinc core will become visible.

No circulating US Coins have contained any silver since 1969, and pennies were never made of silver because they would have been worth more than dimes.

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