Zinc pennys

[infomaniac]

:D i was cleaning my new room and found a bag wait like 200-150 wheat pennys and i was like pennys :D then i dumped them and 2 was silver and i put them on to a magnet and they stuck :D idk there worth but there rare so i can make moneys off it :D

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[Monty]

Zinc isn't a great metal, due to it's reactivity, and you'll find that the magnetic coins have nickel in, which is magnetic. As far as I'm aware, no mass-minted coins have any trace of precious metals in, which means no actual silver are in silvers.

[infomaniac]

No i was like it was the color like how its like reflective grey

[Monty]

Nickel's not a terribly reactive metal, and tends to stay shiny. I had a whole bunch of strips of various metals, until my mom threw them out as garbage.

[WRB852]

The "silver" pennies you speak of were mass produced some time in the 40's since copper was needed for the war. They're practically worthless. However, if you find a copper 1943 penny, you could sell it for up to 80,000$.

[infomaniac]

The  zinc one is dated 1943 :D i might find a 1943 copper one there like 200 of them

[WRB852]

Of course the zinc one is, that's why copper 1943's are so rare.

[infomaniac]

So the zinc are worth nothing D:

[Ronin]

I got a nickel from 1942, I got it buying a CD. 

[WRB852]

Of course the zinc one is, that's why copper 1943's are so rare.

10 cents at most from my understanding.

[Spation]

Oh, and I'm sure it's pennies. Not pennys. I know it's not a great contribution on my part, but damn was it annoying to see "pennys".