US Mint says it has stamped its last penny, a historic end for a humble coin

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Funny thing.

A few days ago I looked through my pockets and found a 1935 penny. Copper pennies were collected and melted down in WW2; the pennies from that era were steel.

It wasn’t worth a lot but it was an interesting find. Back in the day, you could buy a cigarette or a newspaper with that penny. I wondered how far it had traveled, and what they’d used it for.

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1943 was the one year they made the zinc plated steel pennies. They’ve been various ratios of copper before and after (from 88% to 97%) until 1982, when they turned to 97.5% zinc with a 2.5% copper plating.

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Found the numismatist

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…numismatist…

Bless you!

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Wash it.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_properties_of_copper

See, you learned something.

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I’m gonna shit on a penny and put it in your hand and see what link you send me

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Yeah, I remember your mom saying you really liked to shit on things and carry them around.

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Weird that you like to talk about me when you fuck her.

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Funny that you assume I’d sleep with her.

She likes to talk while she cleans my toilet and I want to make sure she doesn’t try to get drunk drinking the Listerine.

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