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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The_Cave_Troll, post: 56008, member: 1674&quot;]Speedy,</p><p>After the total debacle that the steel cents were the mint reverted to copper in 1944 (you knew this much already), but the original problem remained since copper was still vitally important to the war effort; so instead of using mined copper like before the war, the mint began to use spent (and recycled) shell casings (made primarily of copper) as the metal that cent planchets were made from.&nbsp; This pratice continued through 1946 and is responsible for the coins from those years being slightly &quot;off&quot; in color.&nbsp; The original composition was resumed in 1947.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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