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Old 11-05-2018, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by TedrowTed View Post
My parents saved a bunch of “zinc” pennies that were made for a time during WWII. Must’ve been around 1956 that I spent them .... on penny candy, of course.
As you may know, those were made from steel. Copper plated zinc pennies did not start until 1983.