Will plane flat mirror will make a real or virtual image? real virtual

Image formed by a plane mirror is always virtual which means that the light rays do not actually come from the image but upright and these of the same shape and size are the object it is reflecting.

The chemical reactions lab we did is typically called a "copper plating lab,  because the acid solution cleaned the pennies and made the copper look shinier;   the acid solution cleaned the paperclips and made them look like pennies;   &   the copper from the pennies was removed, and then added to the paperclips.