Re: TI-H: Re: y2k[increasingly off topic]
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Re: TI-H: Re: y2k[increasingly off topic]
actually, the reason they changed the penny to a zinc alloy with copper
covering, is because people would take pennies, melt them down and sell the
copper in bulk and make profit. This started around WWII, and the goverment go
sick of it in the 70s
There's you a little history lesson ;)
Copper covering, I'm serious...add some HCl to it and you can have a bending
penny cover :P
-Shaun (Emp) McCormick
David Knaack wrote:
> > In a message dated 12/30/1999 3:42:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > adavis@ubasics.com writes:
> >
> > << The US penny was pure copper until a few decades ago, when the price of
> > that copper exceeded a penny.. Now it is some alloy...
> > >>
>
> It is now a zink core and copper foil, and costs very close to 1 cent to
> produce,
> depending on the price of the metal. This is why the government has
> considered
> dropping the penny from circulation.
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