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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tsk, post: 145315, member: 5858&quot;]My daughter and I just finished searching a box of pennies ($25), and compiled various statistics.&nbsp; I thought some of you may find some of the data interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>6 Wheaties (36D 46D 49D 55D 56D 57D)&nbsp; .25%</p><p>6 Canadian Pennies .25%</p><p>1 Penny with a cross cut out of it</p><p><br /></p><p>31.6% Copper Pennies</p><p>68.4% Zinc Pennies</p><p><br /></p><p>By Decade (excludes Canadian):</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; .4%&nbsp; Pre 1960</p><p>&nbsp;5.2%&nbsp; 1960&#039;s</p><p>17.6% 1970&#039;s</p><p>22.6% 1980&#039;s</p><p>25.6% 1990&#039;s</p><p>28.5% 2000&#039;s</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of the 1980&#039;s:&nbsp; 37.4% were copper, 62.6% were zinc</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of the 2000&#039;s, the distribution was (we didn&#039;t analyze the other decades by date):</p><p><br /></p><p>17.8% 2000</p><p>&nbsp;9.8% 2001</p><p>&nbsp;7.6% 2002</p><p>&nbsp;9.6% 2003</p><p>10.1% 2004</p><p>15.0% 2005</p><p>30.1% 2006</p><p><br /></p><p>Except for the fact that there was a large number of 2000D&#039;s we found, it felt like a large number of these guys drop out of circulation each year (into penny jars?).</p><p><br /></p><p>And stat&#039;s that only my daughter and I might care about:&nbsp; No 1973s and no 1961 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (last two in her penny book)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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