The Mint has never struck pennies out of silver, because they'd be worth more than dimes. Your coin has almost certainly been plated by someone after it left the Mint. That means it's considered to be an altered coin worth only face value.
You just found half of my high-school science project. Someone else has a copper dime. There is no such thing as a silver penny. 1963 would have been about the time I was taking high school chemistry. We electroplated dimes with the copper from pennies and pennies with the silver from dimes. Your coin has no numismatic value.
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1963 COPPER penny is worth half a billion dollars.
US pennies have never been made of silver.
The U.S. never minted a silver penny. It would have more than a dime's worth of silver in it. Your coin has been plated.
Not sure but a good place to look would be on eBay where there are thousands of coins for auction and saleAnswerThere is no such thing as a silver penny. 1963 would have been about the time I was taking high school chemistry. We electroplated dimes with the copper from pennies and pennies with the silver from dimes. Your coin has no numismatic value.
There is actually no such thing as a 1973 'silver' penny. However, there are some Lincoln pennies from 1973-74 that have a shiny, silver-like look. These pennies are worth about $1.25.