[july4thfreedomfoundation]

The U.S. Mint switched over to (mostly) zinc pennies in 1982.

I save all copper pennies from 1981 and earlier and have jars and jars of them. At the very least, they’ll always be worth face value.

[Paladin2]

It’s a BAD THING when a coin’s metal content value is well above its nominal value.