The '41 wheat cent was made of copper. The '43 wheat cent was in steel to conserve copper for wire and bullet manufacturing.
All 1941 pennies are made of bronze which is mostly copper.
Pennies in 1941 were mostly copper, not nickel, and they're worth about 5 cents.
pennies these days are not completely made of copper they are just dipped in copper giving them that finished look
Pennies today are made of 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper.
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US pennies are made of a copper-plated zinc composition. They are composed of 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper.
1860 The last copper pennies were made in England, and the same year the first bronze pennies were made.
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.
Pennies were made of copper
All most none only .008% Copper & .992% Zinc
copper shortage during the war. The us was making pennies out of aluminum during that same period. They made pennies out of steele during WWII. These are known as 'Steelies'