This is ironic. The US Mint probably put effort into making sure the penny looks like copper even though it is mostly zinc. Now I'm re electroplating the penny with zinc, and it looks as if there was never any copper there at all
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You're tarnishing American currency. I love the 1800 pennies
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@Jtalk4456 what about half pennies don't you which those were still around
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as collectibles, I have a few, but for currency, it costs more to make than their worth, same for pennies
QuoteIn 2005, the cost to the United States Mint to produce a penny was 0.97¢, which was just a smidge under a cent. In 2006, that year’s pennies each cost about 1.23¢ to manufacture. Rises in metal prices, particularly of zinc, pushed the per-unit cost up to 1.7¢ in 2007. By 2012, production costs had risen to 2.41¢ per penny.