A lot of people leaving comments here at The Fun Times Guide to Coins have been asking me about their silver pennies.
Of course, many of these silver one-cent coins are 1943 pennies, which really aren’t silver pennies. They’re actually made with zinc-coated steel.
However, many of these inquiries about silver pennies have nothing to do with 1943 Lincoln cents or even the highly rare 1944 steel cent (a mint error caused by leftover steel coin blanks getting accidentally getting stamped with the 1944 coin die).
I’ve had a lot of people ask me about their 1961 silver penny. Or their 1978 silver penny. Or their 1986 silver penny.
Since I’ve been getting questions about silver pennies on a regular basis, I’ve decided that it’s time to write a post about them and hopefully help answer some readers’ questions.
Read more: Have a Silver Penny That’s NOT a 1943 Steel Cent? Here’s How to Find Out What You Have