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By 1985, U.S. pennies were copper-plated zinc. It's worth one cent.
July 26, 2009 Technically, the 1985 Lincoln Cent is a zinc penny, not copper. The only copper in them is the plated layer you can see. As far as value is concerned, the 1985 cent is worth just a cent unless it is in a high uncirculated grade and then it is worth about $15. In proof condition these cents are valued from $5 to $30 depending upon the actual condition of the coin.
Sorry, the US has never made any silver 1 cent coins. It may have been plated but not by the US Mint.
as of 1982, pennies were made of 98.5% zinc, and 2.5% copper More Information: The 1985 cent consisted of a core of 99.2% zinc and 0.8% copper covered by a plating of pure copper.
It's worth exactly one cent.
If it's dated 1985, that would be zinc, not silver. It's worth one cent. No US pennies contain silver.
It's still worth one cent in Canada, though they stopped using the penny in 2013. Save up four more and you can trade them in for a nickel.
if it is still in currency, it would just be a tattered version of a current coin, so just one penny. It is not old enough to have appreciated.
A lot of JFK halves have been privately plated and sold at high markups as "collectibles". Unfortunately 1971 and later halves are copper-nickel, not silver so the underlying coin is only worth 50 cents and has no real collectible value. The plating means it's an altered coin and would cost more to remove than what it's worth.
It's an ordinary circulation coin - check your pocket change. Face value only.
There is one on Ebay for $3.00. The composition of this coin is copper and nickel.
Nickels are not struck in pure copper and they are not silver-plated. They're made of a solid alloy composed of nickel and copper. What you have is a coin that has been altered or damaged in some way, either by someone plating it using a high-school chemistry set, exposing it to a chemical, or heating it to cause discoloration. In any case it won't have any numismatic worth except for its face value. Another answer: The 1985 Jefferson Nickel coin error is a pretty unique one. If you look at the picture to the right, you will notice that this 1985 nickel looks like it is copper. In fact, it partially is copper. 1985 Jefferson Nickel Coin Error What caused this coin error? Before the U.S. mint stamps a coin, it takes the planchet and heat them in an oven. The mint uses the same oven for all of its planchet. In this case, the U.S. mint placed the nickel planchet into the oven right after firing copper planchets. The copper molecules from heating the copper planchet must have remained in the oven. And, then these 1985 Jefferson nickels got copper on them during their firing. That is how this 1985 Jefferson nickel coin error was made. Sorry, pic from article did not come up.