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uncle al Valued Member Canada 311 Posts	Posted 12/13/2010 10:19 pm I was going through some of my sets, and looking at the composition of the penny when some of the information sheets showed the penny as Bronze, while the newer sets shows them as cupro/nicket or steel core pennies. My question is are the pennies in the sets really Bronze or are they copper and just called Bronze? This is from a 1991 Uncirculated 6 coin set in blue leatherette case. Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16830 Posts	Posted 12/13/2010 11:12 pm Pure 100% copper was phased out from the coinage of most countries by the late 1800s, replaced with bronze (which is typically 95% copper, 3% tin, 2% zinc). People call them "copper cents", but technically they're bronze. 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
dialog_gvf Pillar of the Community Canada 1581 Posts	Posted 12/14/2010 11:30 pm Bronze is copper and tin. Brass is copper an zinc. Until 1952, the penny had more tin than zinc. But after that (until the switch to copper-plated zinc in 1997) the predominant alloyed metal was zinc (0.98 copper/0.005 tin/0.015 zinc), which is more like red brass. But, it was always 95%-98% copper with both tin and zinc. I never quite figured out why it was called bronze. Report this Post to the Staff
cazzuey Valued Member Canada 367 Posts	Posted 12/15/2010 6:11 pm I got the same set but the frontenac one. Love that quarter, eh? Report this Post to the Staff
flipcoin Valued Member Canada 75 Posts	Posted 01/12/2011 5:43 pm i like the ship myself even though the quarter is worth more.? Report this Post to the Staff
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