I think it was 1957 that was the last year penny's were all copper, right?
2007-05-05 21:27:10 · 5 answers · asked by dalsimer3 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
Pre-1982 bronze cents contain about 2.5 cents worth of copper in each when the price of copper rose to about $3.60/pound. That's the copper value of a 1957 cent, unless it's in gem uncirculated condition then it's $1 to hobbyists.
2007-05-06 15:01:44 · answer #1 · answered by silverpet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I think the pennies switched to zinc in '83 or '84. I just weighed a copper penny at 3.1 grams. With current scrap prices about 2.50/lb., a copper penny is worth 1.7 cents as scrap. It's illegal to scrap them, though. With the effort it would take to collect them and melt them to a form of scrap that would be accepted, it wouldn't be worth it.
2007-05-06 05:51:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is against the law to melt cents or nickels. If you could, it may cost more to have it melted for you, than it is worth. The last year of all copper cents is 1981 for the next year they minted both the copper and the copper coated zinc ones. They have to be weighed to tell which is which, copper 3.11 grams & copper coated 2.5 grams.
2007-05-06 21:55:31 · answer #3 · answered by Taiping 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No unfortunately it is worth about 3 cents
2007-05-06 04:35:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that'd have to be a very large penny.
2007-05-06 15:49:44 · answer #5 · answered by Poet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋