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<p>[QUOTE="TheCelt, post: 77222, member: 4368"]This might sound like a terribly odd question. But are pennies constructed of more than one piece? I mean do they stamp the image into a piece of metal or is it two pieces "snapped" (for lack of a better word) together?</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason I ask is the other day at work, I got a penny back with my change, and the penny didn't have a face side. Basically I got half a penny. The piece I got is very thin with a metal rim. The outside is standard penny color of course and the inside is silvery metal. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know little to nothing about coins and would appreciate any clarification on this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheCelt, post: 77222, member: 4368"]This might sound like a terribly odd question. But are pennies constructed of more than one piece? I mean do they stamp the image into a piece of metal or is it two pieces "snapped" (for lack of a better word) together? The reason I ask is the other day at work, I got a penny back with my change, and the penny didn't have a face side. Basically I got half a penny. The piece I got is very thin with a metal rim. The outside is standard penny color of course and the inside is silvery metal. I know little to nothing about coins and would appreciate any clarification on this.[/QUOTE]
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