I have a coin that looks like a cent, but it’s silver and dated 1983. What could this be?
May 18th, 2009
It’s very probably a normal cent that either lost its copper plating, or missed the plating operation during manufacture. Since mid-1982 our cents have been struck on copper-plated zinc planchets. A specialist would need to examine the coin to determine if it’s genuine or an altered coin.