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hcmusicguy Pillar of the Community United States 814 Posts	Posted 07/15/2014 9:53 pm I picked up a holed 1962 Penny from the foreign coin bin at my LCS today. I think he just gave it to me free with the other stuff I bought. Anyway, an internet search says this thing is made of bronze. It looks more copper to me, and appears uncirculated other than the hole. So I'm just curious as to its copper content. It will reside on my keychain. Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16845 Posts	Posted 07/15/2014 11:16 pm As with most of the rest of Europe, Britain stopped issuing pure copper coins in the mid-1800s. "Bronze" and "copper" tend to look pretty much the same until the non-copper fraction gets above 10%. The official alloy for a 1962 penny is 97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin - a bronze alloy with a slightly higher copper content than the bronze alloy used in American cents. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
hcmusicguy Pillar of the Community United States 814 Posts	Posted 07/15/2014 11:50 pm Cool, thank you! Report this Post to the Staff
hcmusicguy Pillar of the Community United States 814 Posts	Posted 07/16/2014 12:21 am Here are pics: Report this Post to the Staff
emat12001 Valued Member United States 70 Posts	Posted 08/10/2014 1:21 pm I love holed coins - It seams as though they were loved. Report this Post to the Staff
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