what is a penny made of?
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a penny is made up of copper which is why it has the bronze color.
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Of course.  Money is money, right?  Save up enough pennies eventually you have a dollar.  Save up enough dollars eventually you have.....well, I think you get the idea.  Out of all the coins, the penny has always had a special place in my heart.  Poor thing just ends up sitting somewhere waiting....either in a change jar or a wallet or a public restroom floor.  People see a quarter and, sure, they forget that old crink in the back and immediately bend down to pick it up.  Wouldn't do that for the penny.  I guess all my grandmother's lectures of what it was like to live during the depression rest somewhere in the front of my mind.
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gold is and element, silver, copper, water is hydrogen and oxygen, everything is made of elements!  If your just having trouble finding the periodic table, try spelling it p-e-r-i-o-d-i-c.
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Mark: \nMoney. Normally means the silver mark, a measure of silver, generally eight ounces, accepted throughout medieval western Europe. Although they were sometimes "clipped" or "debased," the English silver penny contained a standard weight of silver and so could be traded across Europe. In England the mark was worth thirteen shillings and four pence, ie. two thirds of £1. Equivalent to present value of the Euro.
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this is off a web site. don't know if it is accurate but it will make you think.\n\n\nActually, the first five-cent coin in U.S. history was made of silver and was smaller than today's dime. That's because when coins were first produced by the U.S. Mint in 1793 the U.S. standard coin was the silver dollar, and additional coin denominations were made with a proportionate silver content to the dollar. This, in-turn, established the size of each. For example a ten-cent coin, or dime, contained 1/10the silver found in a dollar.\n\nThe five-cent coin (which contained 1/20 the silver found in a dollar) was eventually determined to be too small to handle, and the five-cent coin we know today as a "nickel" was created in 1866. The size of the coin was increased and its metallic content was changed from silver and copper to a combination of copper and nickel.\n\nWe usually go to the U.S. Mint's Learning Vault to answer all of our U.S. currency questions.
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The Canadian government started producing the small one cent coin in the year 1920. The front side has King George V on it and the back side has two maple leaves and the date. It weighs 3.24 grams, and the diameter is 19.05 millimeters.\n\nFrom 1942 through 1952 the metal alloy changed, but its weight remained the same as the King George V penny.\n\nQueen Elizabeth II was designed by Mrs. Mary Gillick for the obverse side of the 1953 penny. The reverse side remained the same. The weight and metal alloy did not change for this new design.\n\nIn the year 1965, Queen Elizabeth's portrait was changed to make her look older. This series has her wearing a tiara in her hair. The obverse design was created by Arnold Machin. The metal alloy and weight was not changed.\n\nIn 1980, the one cent coin became thinner at 1.38 millimeters. The weight was reduced to 2.8 grams, and the diameter to 19.00 millimeters.\n\nFrom 1982 through 1989, the penny was modified to a twelve sided plain edge. The diameter was slightly increased to 19.1 millimeters. The weight was reduced to 2.5 grams.\n\nThus unless there have been modifications after this time, the penny should still weight approxmiately 2.5grams.  \n\nIf in doubt:\nThe Lord smiles on those who help themselves, so I suggest you find a high school with a balance and weigh a mint condition Canadian penny for yourself :-D.
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Quarters, dimes, and half dollars are cupro-nickel clad. Each coin has a copper core and an outer layer, the “clad,” made of 75 percent copper and 25 percent cupro-nickel alloy. Nickels are made from the same 75-25 alloy. The Golden Dollar is also a clad coin. The alloy layers on each side of the copper core are manganese brass, a golden-colored material composed of 77% copper, 12% zinc, 7% manganese, and 4% nickel. The cent, once a copper coin, is now composed of copper-plated zinc. Copper-plated cents cost less to manufacture, and at 2.5 grams each, they weigh about 20% less than the older cent, which was 95 percent copper and 5 percent zinc.
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A penny is a thought asked for. Two pennies is one thought too many.
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Think this is the second time I've answered this question.\nThere's 20 pennyweight in 1 ounce, 12 troy ounces in 1 pound. 24k is solid gold but you won't find this in natural gold for it is usually alloyed with some other metal, 24k will only be found in refined gold.
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1 penny=2.5 g\n\n100pennies=250g
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1 cent.\n\nOBTW US coinage does not include "pennies".  They are "cents".
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Coins. Many years ago we were using coins made of gold and silver because the coin itself had value. Paper=not valuable, so paper money was not first.
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With all due respect to Emily, pennies today are no longer made of copper.  They are made primarily of aluminum, with a copper-colored coating.  It's cheaper than copper.  And since the price of copper is so high, it's not going back to copper soon.\n\nMetals (like copper) have a tendency to fluctuate significantly in value, depending on the changing needs of industry.  For example, during WWII, copper and nickel were desperately needed by the military, so from 1942-45, nickels were created from silver, and in 1943, pennies were created from steel.\n\nOne of copper's valuable characteristics is its ability to conduct electricity, and in addition, it is soft and easy to bend without breaking.  Modern technology has many uses for metals like this, which drives up demand, and drives up prices.  However, if history repeats itself, the price may fall as suddenly as it rose.  It all depends on the classic economic principle of supply and demand!
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In 1943, at the peak of World War II, cents of zinc-plated steel were made for a short time due to war demands for copper. A few (the U.S. Mint reports forty) copper cents from 1943 were produced from the 1942 planchets remaining in the bins. Similarly, some 1944 steel cents have been reported. Following 1943, salvaged ammunition shells made their way into the minting process, and it was not uncommon to see coins featuring streaks of brass or having a considerably darker finish than other issues.\n\nUnless it's copper, it's not worth much more than a penny
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it depends on: if the american pennies are:  steel, aluminum, or copper.  Thank You.  anymore trick questions?\n I have the answers  :)
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magnetic materal. \n\nMagnets that you see every day, like the kind people use on refrigerators, are usually made of iron
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it's either copper or iron.  i don't remem ber exactly which one.