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What are the components of the 1980s US pennies copper silver or zinc?

April 26, 2017components Copper Pennies Silver zinc

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What are the components of the 1980s US pennies copper silver or zinc?

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Beginning in mid-1982 the cent coins were changed to zinc with a thin copper coating. A silver cent would have cost over a dollar to manufacture at that time and probably nearly $2 by now!