On Feb 19, 8:53*am, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
I can't remember when they changed from zinc to
copper, but people have been known to melt down
the old copper pennies.

Christopher A. Young
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"The Daring Dufas" wrote in ...

There is talk of the penny going away since it costs The
Treasury Department two cents to make each one. Those
pennies could become collectors items down the road
and some enterprising thief could burn the house to get
at them. O_o

TDD

Didn't Canada just say they were stopping minting new pennies???