[TenTec] re Copper strap

[Travis Martin]

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.