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To: Diana in Wisconsin

They are stealing copper like crazy here in Vegas.

Save your pennies kids, they are worth more than 1 cent.

4 posted on 05/27/2007 2:46:01 PM PDT by sweetiepiezer (Pray for W.)

To: sweetiepiezer

Only the ones minted 1982 and before. After that, the ‘copper penny’ is almost all zinc, with a (very) thin electroplate of copper on the surface.

8 posted on 05/27/2007 3:31:23 PM PDT by SAJ (debunking myths about markets and prices on FR since 2001)

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