fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoUS Mint says it has stamped its last penny, a historic end for a humble coinwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down15
arrow-up1217arrow-down1external-linkUS Mint says it has stamped its last penny, a historic end for a humble coinwww.usatoday.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months ago1943 was the one year they made the zinc plated steel pennies. They’ve been various ratios of copper before and after (from 88% to 97%) until 1982, when they turned to 97.5% zinc with a 2.5% copper plating.
1943 was the one year they made the zinc plated steel pennies. They’ve been various ratios of copper before and after (from 88% to 97%) until 1982, when they turned to 97.5% zinc with a 2.5% copper plating.
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