Proposition for the Science Show Turning a Copper Penny into Silver and then Into Gold This experiment will be done by taking a penny and then putting it into a beaker with zinc chloride. Then strips of zinc metal will be placed into the solution with the penny. After doing so place the beaker onto a hot plate and let the solution boil. After doing so the penny will appear to have turned into silver. Then by washing off the penny and then putting it on the hotplate on its own, the penny will appear to have turned gold.
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