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1943 Lincoln Copper Penny Value Guide
What Is the 1943 Lincoln Copper Penny Made Of? The 1943 copper Lincoln penny is among the most interesting years for the ...
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Stealing Pennies In Texas? Don’t – It’s A Full On Felony
Texas has always been a pretty "no nonsense" state when it comes to crime but making penny theft a felony? Day-um.
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US couple struggle to bank huge haul of pennies
The coins, which are made from pure copper, pre-date 1943, when the US began using other metals to make the one cent coin due to World War Two shortages. Pennies are now made primarily from zinc.
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Pattern Penny made at the Soho Mint
Matthew Boutlon's penny weighed 28 gms of solid copper. Today's penny (1p) weighs 3.56 gms.Matthew Boultonâ??s development of steam-powered minting machinery convinced him that he could make ...
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Penny And Paper Clip Heat Sinks
Some folks suggested copper pennies (old ones minted 1981 and earlier – the new ones are zinc with copper plating and won’t help much). [tangentsoft] built a jig to test six LM317 regulators ...
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1943 Lincoln Steel Penny Value Guide
Usually, the Lincoln penny was made of 95% copper and 5% tin and zinc. The composition used for the pennies struck from 1909 ...
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1943 Steel Penny Value
In 1943, during World War II, the United States faced a copper shortage due to the war effort. As a result, the U.S. Mint made a unique decision to produce pennies using steel instead of ...