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What year did pennies stop being copper?

Thanks!

 

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1981 was the last full year, but in 1982 they started with both copper and zinc. Thus the 7 business strike Cents for that year. With the coins starting to show their age, they are easier to tell the difference. On the zinc ones watch for the bubbles and the copper cones are a different color.

 

one box of cents breakdown

2500 +/- total coins

583- 95% COPPER non wheat ( 23.32% of total)

6 wheats 57d, 52d, 44, 39(2), 48s (0.24 % of total)

3 canadian 85,88,71m (0.12 of total)

17 2009 lincolns (9 lp1 (p's) 8 lp2 (p's) (0.68% of total)

1 1998 wide AM

 

Nice finds sweet wheatz! :thumb:

 

5 rolls of nickels: 1 59, 1 51, 1 Canadian beaver 5 cent piece (my daughter loved it, gave it to her)
4 rolls of cents: 1 log cabin, 2 formative
1 box of halves: zip

boxes of halves have been very dry lately for me......1 40% in my last 11 boxes (though I found some silver halves in loose change at the bank).....not sure how productive this is.........

 

ok... it has been a busy week for me and roll searching:

$1K in halves - 11 40%'ers, 1 1996 S Proof, and 1.5 rolls of unc 2000 D

$100 in pennies - 6 wheat, including a xf 1928, and 1 each 1998 & 2000 wide AM.

 

NICE Jmon!!

 

I finally found a new 2009-D Lincoln birthplace cent. Took long enough. This is the longest that I've had to wait to find a year's new cent.

 

I did my first EVER roll of half dollars today...Most of them were beat up badly, it looks like they went through a weed-whacker several times. The bad ones all had no reeding left, either. There are several casinos in very close distance, I am thinking they may use them. I am within a days drive of Atlantic City, Mohegan Sun, Yonkers, and at least a few more I can't recall the names of.

BUT....one coin in there made the whole roll. It's a 1974, and it's an error! It appears to be a large grease-strike, and there is a large, smooth indent right in front of Kennedy's ear (part of same is missing) and going up into his hair. It made my day.

Oddly enough, the coins were either early 70s or 90s. There was not a single coin in the roll from the 1980s. The newest was 1997. 71 was the oldest, there were two. Also, two Bi Centennials, both P and D mints.

The only date I needed for my collection was 1991 P but it is one of the worst from the roll. So the search continues....It surprises me that that was the only one I did not have, as Half dollars are the coins I have the least of, modern clad era anyway. I am missing 23 date/mintmark combinations in the clad era alone and it was 24 this morning. I was hoping for better luck on the first roll.

I believe I got two upgrades for coins I already had, however, one of which being 1980 P, there were two in the roll and one of them is about uncirculated

I know it's not as impressive as some people, but for me this was a very good day!

 

went through 2 boxes of nickels and found the following
1 1951S
2 1939P
1 1941D
1 1942
5 1958D
2 1956D
1 1952S
2 1953D
3 1954D
1 1954S
1 1955D

Went through a box of pennies
and found 3 log cabins and 4 wheaties in the forties and 50's

 

Last 6 boxes of half dollars: 3 boxes nothing 3 boxes had the following:

Kennedy
24 x 40%
3 x 90%
1970d
1987d
1972s
1976s (clad)
2008d
1974d DDO (rus)

Frankies
1951
1954d
1958d

Hal

 

What does "clad" mean?

I saw some of the coins you guys found are "clad" but I am new and do not know what that means...


Thanks!

Erin

 

Clad means worth less than a VD

A recession full of money: The only thing I've found for a minute is mean bank tellers...You think they would be happy to be employed. A few bad deals on eBay...and a pawn shop that pays 22 cents on the gram for starling. (BTW... I will think about giving you money at...20 cents a gram 500lb max!, not troy 16 ounce lb:rolling lol. I hope everyone hear has had an amazing summer and happy hunting!


Question. What is the etiquette when you believe that the teller would suffer irrepressible harm,to their person, if they carried 3 boxes of any coin let alone half dollars. Is age discrimination a factor in ur purchasing

 

Erin:
After the use of silver ended (in 1964-- last year) the mint started using a 'clad' composition.
The outer layers are copper-nickel (.750 copper and .250 nickel) bonded to an inner core of pure copper.

Check out the Red Book (Guide Book of US Coins) for more info.

Welcome to the gang.

 

Irrepressible?

•impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

•Not containable or controllable
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/irrepressible

 

Congrats Hal.......It will keep me searching......I still can't believe my bad luck on the roll searching on the halves.

Searched 4 rolls of cents last night.
2 Formative
1 Log Cabin
1 1939 wheat.

Bob

 

Presumably, he meant "irreparable."

Joe

 

i got two cent rolls today and nothing

also got a neckel roll nothing there aswell

guess i have to keep trying

 

Yes irreparable was the word I meant to use thank you for pointing this out

 

found a 1957 d washington quarter in the change machine at the laundry mat again. I know that there are more in there, just need a crow bar(devilish laugh) That makes 2.25 worth of face from that machine.