Total 14.3 BILLION (Excluding "Proof" coins) 7.8 BILLION are from the Philadelphia Mint. 6.5 BILLION are from the Denver Mint.
A total of 2,345,600,000 business strikes were minted in 2009.
1943 to save copper for the war effort.
A total of 191,550,000 was minted in the U.S. of 1943s. How many are still around ? It is impossible to say.
Philadelphia Mint = 185,262,000 / Denver Mint = 41,730,000 / San Francisco Mint = 50,148,000 // TOTAL = 277,140,000
Total 11.8 BILLION (Excluding "Proof" coins) 6.9 BILLION are from the Philadelphia Mint. 4.9 BILLION are from the Denver Mint.
No. A US cent minted after 1983 starts out life as a zinc disk that is then "upset"
No US dollar coins were minted in 1983.
US Indian Head cents: 2,740 proofs and 57,182,854 for circulation. British Pennies: 15,331,000.
For the year 1900 a total of 66,831,502 business strikes were minted & 2,262 proof coins were struck.
A total of 2,345,600,000 business strikes were minted in 2009.
1943 to save copper for the war effort.
A total of 191,550,000 was minted in the U.S. of 1943s. How many are still around ? It is impossible to say.
Pennies are minted at three locations in the US; The San Francisco Mint, The Denver Mint and the Philadelphia Mint. Pennies from San Francisco have an "S" on them. Pennies from Denver have a "D" on them and pennies from Philadelphia have no letter.
9 BILLION (Excluding "Proof" coins) 4.6 are from the Philadelphia Mint. 4.4 are from the Denver Mint.
Well . . . there have never been any silver pennies minted in the US, so you must be talking about the steel pennies. As far as I know, 1943 was the only year that steel pennies, or 'steelies', were minted.
There are 800 pennies in a 50lb bag so its worth 8 dollars. There is nothing special about pennies minted in 1983 they are your standard zinc pennies.Correction:1983 and later zinc US cents weigh 2.5 gm each so there are 181.44 in a standard US pound. 181.44 * 50 = 9072 pennies, or $90.72
13.1 BILLION (Excluding "Proof" coins) 6.6 BILLION are from the Philadelphia Mint. 6.5 are from the Denver Mint.