There are also pennies that are more rare to find... I know that they stopped using copper after 82 but they say that there are a couple of 83's that were actually stamped onto a copper slug (or whatever you call the metal before it's a coin). The way that you can tell them apart is by the weight- the copper pennies weigh 3.11 grams and the ones that were made with the zinc weigh 2.5 grams. I'm a weirdo, I like coins. I collect the ones that i think are cool more so then what i am supposed to though. I have one of those state quarter collections that my Grandma started for me and i'm like 5 or 6 away from having all of them in both mints!
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