What is the value of a silver wheat penny?
If it’s any other date, chances are it is a standard cent plated with silver, nickel, or even mercury. This was a popular passtime for kids for several years. Such plating, though, destroys most of any collector’s value it may have. A mercury coating can be especially nasty, as the mercury bonds very tightly to copper, but still could cause mercury poisoning if swallowed or handled frequently.
