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Uh, better check that coin again. The U.S. has never made silver pennies.

However, it HAS been making them out of copper-plated zinc since 1982 so you could have one of the following:

> A coin that was plated a second time to add a silver-colored layer, or dipped in acid to remove the copper plating. Both are only worth one cent.

> A coin that was never plated during the minting process. This is the good one because it's a mint error that could be worth up to $100, but you'd need to take the penny to an expert who specializes in error coins to verify that it isn't one of the other 2 possibilities.

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16y ago

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