Pennies today are made of 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper.
Well depending if your talking about all the different country's pennies, then Im not sure. But I do know that the pennies made in Canada and the states are. The main metal in these pennies are copper, and copper is worth more then what the penny is worth, so sometime in the near future they will atop making pennies.
US pennies are made of a copper-plated zinc composition. They are composed of 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper.
All most none only .008% Copper & .992% Zinc
No, polonium is not found in pennies. Pennies are made primarily of copper and zinc, with a small amount of nickel. Polonium is a highly radioactive element not used in coin production.
if there was, people would have cancer since lead (Pb) has radiation
Pennies from 1982 and before were all copper
Their are a few answers. For pennies no mint mark means Philadelphia or for proof pennies which are only in proof sets S means San Francisco.
No. Only if it was made at the Denver or San Francisco mint.
The US never made silver pennies. In 1943 the US made steel pennies. These are often mistaken for silver pennies.
Solid copper pennies weren't made after the 60's.
Pennies were made to a particular weight at any given time. About 1,000 years ago, Pennies were made from gold. It was found that 240 Pennies weighed one pound, so 240 Pennies came to be known as a Pound. When the Shilling was introduced in the 1500's, initially as the Testoon, there were 20 Shillings or Testoons in a Pound, so therefore there were 12 Pennies in a Shilling.
Yes, in the 1970s pennies were made of 95% copper while in the 1990s they were made of about 97% zinc.
Wheat pennies from the 1940's and 50's are 5-10 cents.
1860 The last copper pennies were made in England, and the same year the first bronze pennies were made.
According to the US mint, 6015.2 million pennies were made in 2012.
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 pure copper until 1975, because it costed more than 100 pennies just to make a penny.