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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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To: SAJ

Even the zinc pennies are worth more than one cent these days.

Thieves have even been targeting breweries for their empty aluminum kegs.


9 posted on 05/27/2007 3:40:28 PM PDT by MediaMole
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