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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2367037, member: 66"]The large cents were pure copper from the start in 1793 thru the end in 1857.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The most of the 1942 cents and the 1944 - 46 cents, while technically bronze because they did contain tin, were for all practical purposes brass. They only contained a trace of tin so as to comply with the law that required them to be "5% tin and zinc". The law didn't specify exact composition so they reduced the tin to just a mere trace. For example the 585,000 pounds of cents struck in San Francisco in 1942 used less than 50 pounds of tin. (95% copper 4.991% zinc and .009% tin) The 44 - 46 cents had even less tin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2367037, member: 66"]The large cents were pure copper from the start in 1793 thru the end in 1857. The most of the 1942 cents and the 1944 - 46 cents, while technically bronze because they did contain tin, were for all practical purposes brass. They only contained a trace of tin so as to comply with the law that required them to be "5% tin and zinc". The law didn't specify exact composition so they reduced the tin to just a mere trace. For example the 585,000 pounds of cents struck in San Francisco in 1942 used less than 50 pounds of tin. (95% copper 4.991% zinc and .009% tin) The 44 - 46 cents had even less tin.[/QUOTE]
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