July 29, 2007
Funny Money
I got this silver-ish penny in the cash drawer yesterday... it's a 1923 Wheat penny. And it looks silver.
I know it's not a solid silver penny. However, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to what it's coated with. Could it be a silver electroplate? Or maybe a mercury coating?
It's not tarnished in the least bit, so I kinda doubt the silver-plate theory. Anyone know how long a mercury coating on a penny would last? And how dangerous it could be?
Whatever it is, I will say that it looks pretty cool.
Posted by GEBIV at July 29, 2007 07:31 PM | TrackBackAccording to Google - which returned a lot of eBay results anywhere from $.10 to $2.00 depending on the condition.
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at July 30, 2007 07:52 PMhttp://www.finishing.com/faqs/howworks.html
Probably zinc.
And considering the time you'd have to spend listing it on eBay as well as preparing it for delivery, I'd suggest that you're better off keeping it as a conversation piece.
But be careful. This is how I got into graffiti currency :-)
Posted by: Harvey at August 3, 2007 10:36 PMYeah, I wasn't planning on selling it. I was just wondering what was on it, and how it was done.
So you're saying that unlike modern pennies (zinc core, copper plate) this one is a copper core with zinc plate...
Posted by: GEBIV at August 7, 2007 09:38 AM