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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pickin and Grinin, post: 3346549, member: 73995&quot;]In 1942 the Mint was trying out different compositions for cents due to WW2.</p><p>They experimented with aluminum as one of the metals to be used.</p><p>The planchets ended up being twice as thick as a copper and still couldn&#039;t get even close to the weight of a copper planchet. </p><p>Here is a thread started not too long ago.</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1942-aluminum-cent.331816/#post-3332125" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1942-aluminum-cent.331816/#post-3332125">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1942-aluminum-cent.331816/#post-3332125</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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