Newer pennies are less then 5% copper and the rest is zinc... I think.
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One of my neighbors works for Ameren and was on that job Saturday morning. This guy must have really needed that bottle of Ripple. This leads me to a question... How can copper be worth so much and a penny is still worth $.01? -----Original Message----- From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Mike Swanson Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 9:53 AM To: tech-geeks Subject: [tech-geeks] OT --- Shocking Story! http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-suspectedburglare,0,5214434.sto ry ---------- "He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else." --- Benjamin Franklin | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
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