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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael K, post: 3944892, member: 78298&quot;]Yes Paddy I understood your intent.</p><p>As for the new guy, except for double or triple posting,</p><p>your posts are welcomed.</p><p>But you will learn that almost 100% of any post that claims</p><p>a penny is silver or aluminum is just that the poster is uneducated</p><p>in the minting process, metal content, and the various post mint damage that happens.</p><p>Of course once in a blue moon a penny could be minted on a pre 1964 silver dime planchet, or a foreign planchet, but that is rare, and will always be smaller</p><p>in size and weight than a penny, with notice to missing cent rims. Since the</p><p>blank used is smaller than a penny blank. As only a penny or a smaller disc can fit in the hub, and over 99% of foreign coins are different size and weight than US coins.</p><p>The reason for that is not to mix the integrity of US coins with cheaper foreign coins of the same size and weight.</p><p>Many of the Panama (and old Bahamas) coins, are the same size, weight and metal content as US coins, and will work in US vending machines, and ours in theirs, but their currency is 1:1 with the US dollar.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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