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because in 1982 there was a war going on and copper was short and they needed copper for their weapons so they stoped using copper for the so called "penny" and used zinc instead but they still used a copper collered coating. :) hope this helped because in 1982 there was a war going on and copper was short and they needed copper for their weapons so they stoped using copper for the so called "penny" and used zinc instead but they still used a copper collered coating. :) hope this helped

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