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You would first need to determine what you have -- whether it was struck on a defective planchet, or struck on a planchet intended for a different coin, or some kind of novelty item, or whatever. I suggest you check out the ANACS website to see if they will be attending any coin shows in your area, where you can take your coin and get a free first-hand professional appraisal : http://www.anacs.com/shows.html Once you know exactly what you have, then we can determine a value for it.

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There are no 1984 pennies made from steel -- they were made from a zinc core with a thin outer copper layer. So you have a penny that either is missing its copper layer (worth a couple dollars) or one that has been plated by somebody with zinc, silver, or some other similar colored metal (no collector value). If your penny was made of steel, it would stick to a magnet -- try it!


How much money does a metal penny cost?

It depends on the year the penny was made, pre-1982 pennies are worth about $.023 in raw metals because they are 95% copper, post-1982 pennies are worth about $.005 in metal because they are mostly zinc with a thin copper coating. In 1982 the US made both zinc and copper cents the difference can be detected by weight, the copper cents weigh a bit more than the zinc cents.


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How much is a silver 1990 penny worth?

All pennies since 1983 are made almost entirely of zinc, covered with a thin coating of copper. Therefore, what you have is either a zinc penny that did not get its copper coating (worth abuot a dollar), or a normal penny that has been silver plated (no added value). You should be able to determine this by weight. A normal penny will weigh 2.5 grams. So if yours weighs less, then it's missing its copper coating. If it weighs more, then it's been silver plated.


What is a penny made up of today?

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What is a 1997 silver penny worth?

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What is a 1984 penny made of?

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