The coin is 75% copper and 25% nickel, so the coin is likely face value the date is still in circulation.
It is a normal wheat penny made of copper. The only year wheat pennies were not copper is 1943 which is a zinc-plated steel penny.
Pennies in 1941 were mostly copper, not nickel, and they're worth about 5 cents.
The 1863 Indian Head cent is still the copper-nickel composition (.880 copper & .120 nickel) 1864 is the year they were first struck in bronze.
The first true copper penny issued by the US mint was minted in 1793, commonly called a "large cent" due to it's size. The first predominantly copper "small cent" was issued in 1864, after the 1856-1863 cents were a 88-12 copper-nickel alloy that gave them a nickel-like appearance. In 1982, the US mint began using a copper coated zinc alloy for pennies, ending the run of the solid copper penny.
It has to be either a penny or a nickel but not both. US cents dated 1903 were made of bronze and nickels were (and still are) made of an alloy of copper and nickel.Please check again and post a new question.
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the 1861 Confederate penny was made of copper or nickel
It is a normal wheat penny made of copper. The only year wheat pennies were not copper is 1943 which is a zinc-plated steel penny.
A 1943 penny could be a "steel penny" as they were made of steel due to copper being needed for other wartime purposes. Nickels were made of 35% silver during WWII. If a 1943 penny and nickel were mixed, it would potentially be an error as they wouldn't have been in circulation together due to their different compositions.
Pennies in 1941 were mostly copper, not nickel, and they're worth about 5 cents.
The 1863 Indian Head cent is still the copper-nickel composition (.880 copper & .120 nickel) 1864 is the year they were first struck in bronze.
move the penny on the far right over to the other side on the left and then move the 1st nickel over to the right...hence penny penny penny nickel nickel
It looks at your face like it was ugly.
In 1943 the US Mint briefly replaced the copper penny then in use with a steel penny, due to the wartime copper shortage.
The first true copper penny issued by the US mint was minted in 1793, commonly called a "large cent" due to it's size. The first predominantly copper "small cent" was issued in 1864, after the 1856-1863 cents were a 88-12 copper-nickel alloy that gave them a nickel-like appearance. In 1982, the US mint began using a copper coated zinc alloy for pennies, ending the run of the solid copper penny.
There are no British general circulation Pennies made from cupro nickel, from 1860 to 1967 they were all made from bronze. If you have a cupro nickel penny, it has been plated and is worthless as a collectible.
Yes, some US coins, such as the penny and nickel, are slightly magnetic due to their composition of metals like copper and nickel.