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To: mysterio

Are you sure pennies are still made of copper? I think I remember several years back that they quite using copper for making pennies when the cost of copper went way up.


41 posted on 03/08/2007 8:26:10 AM PST by basil (Exercise your Second Amendment rights--buy another gun today.)
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To: basil

I read that the treasury is taking a loss on pennies even though they're mostly zinc.


50 posted on 03/08/2007 8:35:43 AM PST by mysterio
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