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Expert: - 4/5/2008


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1984 penny with silver/ or metal rim is it worth anything other than 1 cent.

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Dr. Smith, the 1984 cent was made out of zinc with a thin copper coating.  Zinc is the color of silver.  It sounds like you may have a cent where some of the copper coating rubbed off on the rim so that the zinc shows through.  If that's the case (and an expert would have to review it to be sure), then no it isn't worth anything other than 1 cent, Jim Lawniczak

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Jim Lawniczak

Expertise

I will answer your questions about encased coins (lucky pennies), which are advertising and event tokens with coins, unually cents, struck with the token.

Experience

Long time collector of encased coins and author of several articles on encased coins.

Organizations
TAMS, ECI (Encased Collectors International)

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TAMS -- several articles on encased coins, in particular the encased coins of the 1901 Buffalo Pan American Exposition
Casement -- many articles on encased coins

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