Queen Victoria error one penny metal??

[Coates76]

Found this in a box of coins, looks metal not bronze?? Could it be an error coin and rare for this coin… 

guidance appreciated, collector newbie’ish…

[copper123]

Bronze is not a metal?

[Chris Perkins]

What year is it, 187?.

I imagine it's been plated by someone, possibly the same person that put a hole in it. The pics aren't that clear though. There were cu-ni proofs for some 1860/70s dates, so that's a possibility and perhaps the hole was made by someone who thought it was odd and wanted to see if it was like that all the way through.

Need better pics and accurate weight to provide further clues. 

[copper123]

1868

[VickySilver]

Weigh it please.

[safi]

there was  cupro nickel proofs in,1875, 1877, its such a shame the state of it and punched through, but what a find if it is, even in that state🤩

[oldcopper]

Might be "silvered" i.e. coated in silver or similar-looking metal, a not uncommon practice in Victorian times. I've got a young head penny version. Can you see inside the hole at the metal colour?

Edited 14 hours ago by oldcopper