1793-1857 : pure copper
1857-1864 : 88% copper, 12% nickel
1864-1942 and 1944-mid 1982 : 95% copper, 5% tin/zinc
1943 : steel plated with zinc
mid 1982-present : zinc plated with copper There have never been "lead" or "silver" cents. Test pieces were made in aluminum in 1974 but were not released to the public.
There are no exact records of the number of copper pennies made in 1943. It was about 40. Most pennies that year were made of steel.
American pennies have been copper in every year except 1943, when copper was scarce and pennies were made of steel. These days, pennies are more zinc than copper.
Pennies from 1982 and before were all copper
Yes, in the 1970s pennies were made of 95% copper while in the 1990s they were made of about 97% zinc.
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1860 The last copper pennies were made in England, and the same year the first bronze pennies were made.
Pennies are made of zinc and other alloys with a copper coating, pennies made before 1964(or around this year) they were made of just copper. What you see on a penny is not rust but corrosion of the copper coating.
Pennies were made of copper
No, pennies do not contain gold. Modern pennies are mostly zinc with a little copper, older pennies are mostly copper with a little zinc.
Pennies produced in 2004 were made from copper-plated zinc. Pennies with 95% copper metal have not been produced since 1982.
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Pennies today are made of 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper.
pennies these days are not completely made of copper they are just dipped in copper giving them that finished look
No. Pennies were made of copper (Now US pennies are made of copper plated zinc) Magnets are made of iron or other ferro-magnetic metals.
quarters are made of steel, and pennies are made of copper. Copper doesn't conduct electricity