Only pennies in a PR 70 grade are expensive, and you need to set aside at least $200 to get one. The most expensive piece minted this year is one perfectly preserved specimen with perfect luster, deep cameo contrast, and sharp design. One collector got it for $3,450 at an auction in...
If your penny doesn’t have a mint mark, that means it was minted in Philadelphia. Just under twobillionpennies were struck in Philadelphia in 1971. That means that they’re still easy to find today. And the vast majority won’t be worth more than their face value. But if you have an...
These zinc-coated steel planchets represented an efficient and affordable way to make the 1943 pennies while rationing copper for the war effort. The diameter remained 19.05 mm and the portrait of Abraham Lincoln stayed the same. However, many in the public were less than thrilled with the ...
Brenner’s initials. When the first Lincoln pennies were struck, these had appeared on the reverse. But they immediately caused controversy, with some feeling they were too large and constituted advertising.
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Copper was critical to the American war effort during World War II. In order to ensure as much copper as possible could be used for equipment wiring,the U.S. Mint used steel and zincto create pennies until 1944. Several silver 1944 pennies and copper 1943 pennies were made in error...
August 18, 2023 A.Hi TC. Life is full of approximations, and assuming Erin is correct, then so is Art. What would probably be a wrong answer, though, would be 3.10 g :-) A good student project might be to individually weigh a good bunch of such pennies and try to determine the to...
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If you are using a penny, know that you should only use pennies minted in or before 1982. After that, pennies have been made from copper plated zinc and only contain about 2.5% copper (down from 88-95% copper up to 1982).[4] 4 Monitor the reaction. Watch for the solution to chan...
Wheat pennies minted at the Denver facility have a mintmark D etched on the obverse. Many Wheaties amounting to 317,570,000 were minted in 1948, making these coins easily available as most were released into circulation. In the 1940s, the Denver mint produced high-quality coins, but this ...