You could use a grinder, or any chemical which dissolves copper, and you will reach the zinc, since the copper is just a thin layer. Technically speaking, however, defacing money is illegal.
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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.
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Although US one-cent coins (pennies) were once mostly copper, today they are 97.5% zinc with a copper plating. Copper nails are rare due to the metal's malleable nature, but zinc nails can be plated with copper as are pennies. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, and is widely used.
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You cant't figure this out using copper pennies. Pennies are not 100% 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.
copper is important because it makes pennies and pennies are good
240 copper pennies equal a pound.
copper. That is why they call them copper pennies. There is also a zinc coating on the pennies be more specific dude
pennies these days are not completely made of copper they are just dipped in copper giving them that finished look
yes I have 1 1943 copper pennies, but if you find one make sure it is not a 1948 with the 8 cut down and yes its a copper pennies
Pennies minted before 1982 are composed of 95% copper and 5% zinc.
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.
1860 The last copper pennies were made in England, and the same year the first bronze pennies were made.
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