I have found a 1960 D silver penny please help?

I found a 1960 D silver penny in pretty good shape. I can't find any information on this coin. Is it as good as trash or did I find a one of a kind coin I need some inside on this coin from someone who knows more then me any info will be appreciated thank you

 

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It is a regular cent that has been plated by someone after it left the US Mint. Therefore, it is worth face value.

 

and your pretty sure? so I have found a lucky penny lol

 

The LUCK is everything you want it to be " KEEP LOOKING " Oh and I would save that one too! Just saying ..

 

Positive.

 

At least they only plated a 60-D large date.

 

I try to be, I still wake every morning with 2 feet and a heart beat, That's gotta be GOOD Pass a smile on

 

Re "being sure" -- if it were a true silver penny, it would be struck on a dime planchet, not a penny planchet.

 

Ok thanks for the feedback everyone really helped

 

Someone, I think Arnie Margolis, said some people in the 60's coated them with mercury to give them the silver look.

 

agreed

 

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Chris

 

I want to amend my post -- one other possibility rather than a dime planchet, would be a foreign (silver) planchet, as a tiny number have been found minted by this method.

Our Mints struck coins for a LOT of foreign countries over the years. A lost or left-over 19.6mm planchet for an Australian sixpence would be about the right size, vs. 19.0mm for a standard Lincoln penny. Such a piece would be a monumental rarity if genuine.

 

Except a planchet for a 19.6 mm coin probably wouldn't fit through the feeding equipment or into collar for a 19 mm coin.

 

In any case, over the years, I've seen a very, very few U.S. coins struck on foreign planchets, in big-money national auctions.

What size is a penny (planchet) before the rim is manufactured? I confess, I have never been much interested in how coins are struck...

 

Good question. I would think the blank would probably be 19 mm, and after the upsetting of the rim to form a planchet about 18.8 to 18.9 mm

 

Plating add a smoother surface has a different look. After restoring a few motorcycles you know what it will cover.
Mercury dipped won't I would have agree with longnine009 Mercury is what changed this copper cent to look silver.

 

Not that this is one, I don't think it is, but another technique was to put bronze cents in well used photographic fixer in a photo lab. Red bronze cents would plate with silver in an extremely short time. The longer it was in, the heavier the plating. It was possible to take this too far. If the cent was in too long, and the fixing solution had enough silver in it, the whole thing would resemble something crusted over after decades under the sea, except the crust was nearly pure crystalline silver.

This was classic ion exchange. The copper ions had an even higher affinity for the thiosulfate ions than the silver ions did.

 

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