They beat you to it; pennies are now copper plated aluminum...dimes and
quarters are silver plated copper; maybe they'll have to change them to
aluminum too...
Travis
On May 7, 2006, at 1:43 PM, Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote:
> It was
> reported a few weeks ago that the cost of zinc and copper is high
> enough to
> make the content of a penny be worth almost more than 1 cent. That
> value
> is expected to be exceeded this year. When that happens the mint is
> going
> to have to rework the coin content.
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