rub your fingers on the face side, if there's oil present on your finger or face it will make the copper shiny. If the face turns shiny, it's made of copper.
The penny is made out of copper.
You can tell if a penny is made out of zinc or copper by the date on the penny. If the date is before 1982 then the penny is 95% copper. Pennies dated 1983 or later are 97.5% zinc with a thin copper coating.
no it is made out of copper
Pennies were made of copper
The U.S. penny, which is officially called the one-cent coin, is made primarily of copper. It has a composition of 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper.
From 1783-1837, a penny was pure copper. But newer pennies are made mostly of zinc.He is tottaly right
the 1861 Confederate penny was made of copper or nickel
Copper
If the penny was made pre-1982, it weighs 3.11 gm and is made of bronze containing 95% copper. That means it contains 0.95 * 3.11 = 2.955 gm of pure copper. If the penny was made post-1982, the penny will weigh 2.5 gm and be made of 97.5% zinc with a coating of copper, so it only contains 0.025 * 2.5 = 0.0625 gm of pure copper.
2005 Lincoln cents are .975 Zinc & .025 Copper
A 1983 penny is made of 95% copper and 5% zinc. The actual weight of copper in a 1983 penny is approximately 2.5 grams.
A penny