When did pennies stop being made of copper

When did pennies stop being made of copper

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From 1793 to 1837, the penny was pure copper. From 1837 to 1857, the cent was made of bronze (95% copper and 5% tin and zinc).

What year did the penny stop being made of pure copper??

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Hello, The British penny was change in 1925 from pure copper, to 95.5% copper, 3% tin, and 1.5% zinc.

Are pennies made of copper?

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Pennies today are made of zinc blanks (circles of zinc are punched out of sheets of zinc, like cookies are cut out of a sheet of dough with a cookie cutter). The zinc blanks are then electroplated with copper in plating barrels (we have an …

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when did pennys stop being made from pure copper? dimes from silver? nickel from nickel? etc etc?

Q: … or whatever the truth is now.. does anyone know of a site or chart that tells you?

A: Cents have never been pure copper but they were 95% copper with some zinc or tin (except in 1943 when they were zinc coated steel).In 1982 the penny’s composition was changed to copper plated zinc with only about 2.5% copper by weight. Nickels have always been mostly copper with 25% nickel ( except during WW II ). They still contain some nickel unless there has been a recent change I am unaware of. Dimes contained 90% silver by weight until 1965 when it was changed to clad coinage of copper and nickel. The only exception is dimes minted for collectors in silver proof sets. For details check A Guide of United States Coins The Red Book

Should I pick up pennies off the STREET NOW!?

Q: If you’re going to pick up pennies from the street, (which I don’t, because it’s dirty and not worth the effort), do it smartly. Pennies made before 1982 are almost pure copper and the metal alone is worth 2.5 cents. Pennies made after 1982 are zinc coated and are worth less than a cent. So keep the older pennies and cash in the newer ones. But you may have to wait a while to make a profit. Believe it or not, the government recently issued a regulation to prevent the melting of pennies, since the pre-1982 pennies are worth much more than 1 cent. However, when that regulation expires, it will be open season on copper pennies, just like it was open season on silver coins (dimes, quarters) after they stopped making them in 1964 due to the price of silver increasing above the coins’ face value. How true is this? Here is the link ( go to the RESPONSE section after the article, its # 3rd ). Its “lethwik”http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/moneyhappy/46958I already have over $20.00 worth of pennies but still, I have not cashed them in yet.

A: good to know…. I’ll keep that in mind! Thanks!!!

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A: LOL hilarious