In the US, all pennies (cents) were copper before 1983 and copper-coated zinc thereafter.
Would any of our friends to the North happen to know when Canada went to the cheap (zinc) cent coin, or are they still solid copper ?
They all LOOK copper, but the newer ones are just plated zinc.
Leonard
Would any of our friends to the North happen to know when Canada went to the cheap (zinc) cent coin, or are they still solid copper ?
They all LOOK copper, but the newer ones are just plated zinc.
Leonard