Re: TI-H: Re: y2k[increasingly off topic]
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Re: TI-H: Re: y2k[increasingly off topic]
i dout that because the US Government makes the most
money (as in bank numbers) out of pennies than
anything else (ie dollar, nickel, etc.). Heard from
new a year ago
--- Shaun McCormick <smmcc@home.com> wrote:
>
> actually, the reason they changed the penny to a
> zinc alloy with copper
> covering, is because people would take pennies, melt
> them down and sell the
> copper in bulk and make profit. This started around
> WWII, and the goverment go
> sick of it in the 70s
> There's you a little history lesson ;)
>
> Copper covering, I'm serious...add some HCl to it
> and you can have a bending
> penny cover :P
>
> -Shaun (Emp) McCormick
> David Knaack wrote:
>
> > > 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.
>
>
>
=====
BYuCnslr
:-)
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