pontiacman68

Finally had this coin checked out. It weighs 9.4 grams and the plating is not silver. Unknown what the coating is but it might as well had been painted lime green since it's worth basicaly nothing. It is also non-magnetic. Thank you guys!

I think my grandfather is rolling in his grave, but with laughter!

This should be somewhat better...

Okay, resized it. Dang that's small. What's the dimenions that this site will allow? the One Penny is standard size coin. Still waiting for the "vultures". The fair in town may be delaying them. Thank you!

I tried to upload a pic on my camera's lowest setting (830kb) yet I was told it was still too big. Oh well. I will have to wait for the "mobile pawn vultures" to invade our poor town near the mexican border and then have the coin weighed and chemically checked for any silver. It does not look like it was plated, but you never know. My grandfather gave it to me along with a couple hundred of other coins in 1971 or 1972. He was a banker and had a huge coin collection back then. I'll get back to you guys soon.

Off and on for about two months while awaiting for back surgery, I have searched hundreds of sites to find any info on the 1938 George VI silver One Penny. It has Britannia on the reverse. Only a couple of sentences and no luck even finding a picture of it. Tons of the bronze and other silver coins during his reign but NONE of the penny! Were the silver coins low in mintage? Anyone have any info about this coin? Thanx! (I will have to change the settings on my camera. Too large to download here right now.)