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Yes. Bronze US cents were made from mid-1864 to 1942 and from 1944 to mid-1982. These coins all contained 95% copper, while the remainder was tin and/or zinc in varying proportions.
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Is a US penny copper?
Pre-1982 pennies are made of bronze, which is 95% copper plus 5% tin and/or zinc. Post-1982 pennies are zinc with a thin coating of copper.
Not silver but a 1942 penny?
All 1942 pennies are made of bronze. In circulated condition they sell for a few cents. However in uncirculated condition, it could sell in a MS state between $5 to $7,500 depending on what MS it is and Which mint produced it.You may be thinking of the famous 1943 Copper penny. in 1943 copper was saved for the war effort which meant pennies were to be made from steel and zinc.A slip up by mint staff meant a few copper blanks were left in the machine and a handful of 1943 COPPER pennies were put into circulation.These coins can fetch up to $400,000 plus!!!
When did the US use copper to mint pennies?
Cents were made of copper from 1793 to 1858; cupro-nickel from 1859 to mid-1864 bronze (copper plus tin and/or zinc) from mid-1864 to 1942 and 1944 to mid-1982 zinc-coated steel in 1943 copper-coated zinc from mid-1982 to the present
How many pennies does it take a copper bar?
You need to know 2 things - what is the weight of the copper bar, and what are the dates on the pennies?The reason you need to know the dates is that pennies have very different amounts of copper in them depending on when they were made. Lincoln cents from 1909 till 1942, and from 1944 to the middle of 1982 were made of 95% copper and weighed 3.11 grams, so each one has 2.955 gm of copper in it. But pennies made from the middle of 1982 to the present are mostly zinc - they weigh 2.5 gm and are 2.5% copper, so the only contain 0.0625 gm of copper apiece.That means if you have modern (1983 and later) pennies, you'd need A LOT of them. Say the bar weighs 500 gm. You'd need 500 / 0.0625 = 8000 pennies ... plus you'd have to melt them down and separate the zinc from the copper first!
What is the copper value of copper pennies?
Cents made after mid-1982 are mostly zinc so they have essentially no copper value. Lincoln cents made up to mid-1982 (except of course for 1943 steel cents) are bronze which is 95% copper plus tin and/or zinc. They contain about 3 grams of pure copper which is worth a bit less than 3 cents as of the prices in 2011. However older cents may be worth much more as collectors' items, and in any case it's illegal to melt pennies. This, however, does not stop people from selling them in hopes that the melt ban will be lifted, however, finding a buyer for copper pennies is tough but not impossible.
What is copper plus something plus copper oxide?
oxygen
What is twenty plus thirty?
20 + 30 = 50twenty plus thirty equals fifty20 pennies + 30 pennies = 50 pennies its hard for a beginner but you have to know that in 2nd grade
How much is 1 quarter plus 9 dimes plus 9 nickels plus 7 pennies?
1 quarter plus 9 dimes plus 9 nickles plus 7 pennies = $1.67
97 plus 0.002 percent plus 60 percent plus 70 percent plus 1.75 percent plus 40 percent plus 1.73 percent?
The answer is: 98.73482 or 9,873.482%
What does Copper plus Chlorine equal?
Copper Chloride
What is 64 percent plus 60 percent plus 68 percent plus 64 percent plus 56 percent plus 76 percent equals?
The answer is 3.88 (388%)
What is 14 quarters plus 15 dimes plus 12 nickels and 5 pennies?
14 quarters plus 15 dimes plus 12 nickels and 5 pennies is a total amount of $5.65
