I know they stopped in 1982, but when did they start?Also for a bonus if you know when they started and stopped making Canadian pennies out of copper as well.
The very last 12 months for US cents made from copper replaced into 1857, and the money were a lot larger. Google US large cent for suggestions. by using advance in the cost of copper, the Mint replaced to an alloy of copper and tin---bronze. Bronze cents were issued until eventually copper shortages looked for the period of international conflict II. In 1943/40 4, pennies were made from metallic. some human beings called the steelies yet even as i replaced right into a baby they were properly-known erroneously as lead pennies. After the conflict, coinage in bronze resumed, to be talked about via copper-clad and copper-plated variations.
The first year for the 95% copper cent was 1864. The only year between 1864 and 1982 where it wasn't copper was 1943, when it was made out of steel (the copper was considered a vital war material). From 1857 through early 1864, the cent was made out of 88% copper and 12% nickel. Before that, it was essentially pure copper (there were often impurities, depending on where they got it from). For Canadian cents, the last year for the bronze cents was 1996
