Re: TI-H: Re: y2k[increasingly off topic]

Re: TI-H: Re: y2k[increasingly off topic]

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• Subject: Re: TI-H: Re: y2k[increasingly off topic]
• From: "David Knaack" <dknaack@rdtech.com>
• Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 02:45:50 -0600
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> In a message dated 12/30/1999 3:42:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> adavis@ubasics.com writes:
>
> << The US penny was pure copper until a few decades ago, when the price of
>  that copper exceeded a penny..  Now it is some alloy...
>   >>

It is now a zink core and copper foil, and costs very close to 1 cent to
produce,
depending on the price of the metal.  This is why the government has
considered
dropping the penny from circulation.

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