| | |  Pre-1982 Pennies. Before 1982, US pennies were made of solid copper.  After the price of copper briefly went over a penny per penny, they reconsidered, and now pennies are copper plated zinc.
 Source: America
 Contributor: Theodore Gray
 Acquired: 15 April, 2002
 Text Updated: 18 December, 2007
 Price: $0.01/penny
 Size: 0.5"
 Purity: >90%
 Sample Group: Coins
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