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Yeah. It is.
The capitalization of AIN'T was almost enough to change the result, but not quite. -
athletic director vote of confidence?
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the Indiana high Class don’t speak that way?
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A legal enema is being prepared. It could get messy.
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He's rolling.YellowSnow said: -
Like Trump cares about trading in for a new model.oregonblitzkrieg said:
He's bounced Ivana and Marla before. Melania is just a depreciable asset.
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Pence’s words seem hollow. But who knows if those other tweets are real or China propaganda
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Changing the subject: aren't all pennies made of copper? Is there another kind and nobody told me?KimsCopperPenny said:Pence’s words seem hollow. But who knows if those other tweets are real or China propaganda
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* pemmycreepycoug said:
Changing the subject: aren't all pennies made of copper? Is there another kind and nobody told me?KimsCopperPenny said:Pence’s words seem hollow. But who knows if those other tweets are real or China propaganda
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Ps,creepycoug said:
Changing the subject: aren't all pennies made of copper? Is there another kind and nobody told me?KimsCopperPenny said:Pence’s words seem hollow. But who knows if those other tweets are real or China propaganda
1943 steel cent
1943 steel cents are U.S. one-cent coins that were struck in steel due to wartime shortages of copper. The Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco mints each produced these 1943 Lincoln cents. The unique composition of the coin (low-grade steel coated with zinc, instead of the previously 95%-copper-based bronze composition) has led to various nicknames, such as wartime cent, steel war penny, and steelie. The 1943 steel cent features the same Victor David Brenner design for the Lincoln cent which had been in use since 1909.
Cent
United States
Value $0.01 U.S. dollars
Mass 2.702 g
Diameter 19.05 mm
Thickness 1.55 mm
Edge Plain
Composition 99% steel with a thin layer of zinc
Years of minting 1943
Catalog number -
Obverse
NNC-US-1943-1C-Lincoln Cent (wheat, zinc-coated steel).jpg
Design Abraham Lincoln
Designer Victor D. Brenner
Design date 1909
Reverse
NNC-US-1943-1C-Lincoln Cent (wheat, zinc-coated steel).jpg
Design Wheat Heads in memoria
Designer Victor D. Brenner
Design date 1909
History
Further information: 1942 experimental cents
Due to wartime needs of copper for use in ammunition and other military equipment during World War II, the United States Mint researched various ways to limit dependence and meet conservation goals on copper usage. After trying out several substitutes (ranging from other metals[1] to plastics[2]) to replace the then-standard bronze alloy, the one-cent coin was minted in zinc-coated steel. This alloy caused the new coins to be magnetic and 13% lighter. They were struck at all three mints: Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco. As with the bronze cents, coins from the latter two sites have respectively "D" and "S" mintmarks below the date.
However, problems began to arise from the mintage. Freshly minted, they were often mistaken for dimes. Magnets in vending machines (which took copper cents) placed to pick up steel slugs also picked up the legitimate steel cents. Because the galvanization process did not cover the edges of the coins, sweat would quickly rust the metal. After public outcry, the Mint developed a process whereby salvaged brass shell casings were augmented with pure copper to produce an alloy close to the 1941–42 composition. This was used for 1944–46-dated cents, after which the prewar composition was resumed. Although they continued to circulate into the 1960s, the mint collected large numbers of the 1943 cents and destroyed them.[3]
The steel cent is the only regular-issue United States coin that can be picked up with a magnet. The steel cent was also the only coin issued by the United States for circulation that does not contain any copper.[4] (Even U.S. gold coins at various times contained from slightly over 2% copper to an eventual standard 10% copper).
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Cool I learned something today.
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TYFYSGrundleStiltzkin said:
Ps,creepycoug said:
Changing the subject: aren't all pennies made of copper? Is there another kind and nobody told me?KimsCopperPenny said:Pence’s words seem hollow. But who knows if those other tweets are real or China propaganda
1943 steel cent
1943 steel cents are U.S. one-cent coins that were struck in steel due to wartime shortages of copper. The Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco mints each produced these 1943 Lincoln cents. The unique composition of the coin (low-grade steel coated with zinc, instead of the previously 95%-copper-based bronze composition) has led to various nicknames, such as wartime cent, steel war penny, and steelie. The 1943 steel cent features the same Victor David Brenner design for the Lincoln cent which had been in use since 1909.
Cent
United States
Value $0.01 U.S. dollars
Mass 2.702 g
Diameter 19.05 mm
Thickness 1.55 mm
Edge Plain
Composition 99% steel with a thin layer of zinc
Years of minting 1943
Catalog number -
Obverse
NNC-US-1943-1C-Lincoln Cent (wheat, zinc-coated steel).jpg
Design Abraham Lincoln
Designer Victor D. Brenner
Design date 1909
Reverse
NNC-US-1943-1C-Lincoln Cent (wheat, zinc-coated steel).jpg
Design Wheat Heads in memoria
Designer Victor D. Brenner
Design date 1909
History
Further information: 1942 experimental cents
Due to wartime needs of copper for use in ammunition and other military equipment during World War II, the United States Mint researched various ways to limit dependence and meet conservation goals on copper usage. After trying out several substitutes (ranging from other metals[1] to plastics[2]) to replace the then-standard bronze alloy, the one-cent coin was minted in zinc-coated steel. This alloy caused the new coins to be magnetic and 13% lighter. They were struck at all three mints: Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco. As with the bronze cents, coins from the latter two sites have respectively "D" and "S" mintmarks below the date.
However, problems began to arise from the mintage. Freshly minted, they were often mistaken for dimes. Magnets in vending machines (which took copper cents) placed to pick up steel slugs also picked up the legitimate steel cents. Because the galvanization process did not cover the edges of the coins, sweat would quickly rust the metal. After public outcry, the Mint developed a process whereby salvaged brass shell casings were augmented with pure copper to produce an alloy close to the 1941–42 composition. This was used for 1944–46-dated cents, after which the prewar composition was resumed. Although they continued to circulate into the 1960s, the mint collected large numbers of the 1943 cents and destroyed them.[3]
The steel cent is the only regular-issue United States coin that can be picked up with a magnet. The steel cent was also the only coin issued by the United States for circulation that does not contain any copper.[4] (Even U.S. gold coins at various times contained from slightly over 2% copper to an eventual standard 10% copper). -
I was a young numismatist.creepycoug said:
TYFYSGrundleStiltzkin said:
Ps,creepycoug said:
Changing the subject: aren't all pennies made of copper? Is there another kind and nobody told me?KimsCopperPenny said:Pence’s words seem hollow. But who knows if those other tweets are real or China propaganda
1943 steel cent
1943 steel cents are U.S. one-cent coins that were struck in steel due to wartime shortages of copper. The Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco mints each produced these 1943 Lincoln cents. The unique composition of the coin (low-grade steel coated with zinc, instead of the previously 95%-copper-based bronze composition) has led to various nicknames, such as wartime cent, steel war penny, and steelie. The 1943 steel cent features the same Victor David Brenner design for the Lincoln cent which had been in use since 1909.
Cent
United States
Value $0.01 U.S. dollars
Mass 2.702 g
Diameter 19.05 mm
Thickness 1.55 mm
Edge Plain
Composition 99% steel with a thin layer of zinc
Years of minting 1943
Catalog number -
Obverse
NNC-US-1943-1C-Lincoln Cent (wheat, zinc-coated steel).jpg
Design Abraham Lincoln
Designer Victor D. Brenner
Design date 1909
Reverse
NNC-US-1943-1C-Lincoln Cent (wheat, zinc-coated steel).jpg
Design Wheat Heads in memoria
Designer Victor D. Brenner
Design date 1909
History
Further information: 1942 experimental cents
Due to wartime needs of copper for use in ammunition and other military equipment during World War II, the United States Mint researched various ways to limit dependence and meet conservation goals on copper usage. After trying out several substitutes (ranging from other metals[1] to plastics[2]) to replace the then-standard bronze alloy, the one-cent coin was minted in zinc-coated steel. This alloy caused the new coins to be magnetic and 13% lighter. They were struck at all three mints: Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco. As with the bronze cents, coins from the latter two sites have respectively "D" and "S" mintmarks below the date.
However, problems began to arise from the mintage. Freshly minted, they were often mistaken for dimes. Magnets in vending machines (which took copper cents) placed to pick up steel slugs also picked up the legitimate steel cents. Because the galvanization process did not cover the edges of the coins, sweat would quickly rust the metal. After public outcry, the Mint developed a process whereby salvaged brass shell casings were augmented with pure copper to produce an alloy close to the 1941–42 composition. This was used for 1944–46-dated cents, after which the prewar composition was resumed. Although they continued to circulate into the 1960s, the mint collected large numbers of the 1943 cents and destroyed them.[3]
The steel cent is the only regular-issue United States coin that can be picked up with a magnet. The steel cent was also the only coin issued by the United States for circulation that does not contain any copper.[4] (Even U.S. gold coins at various times contained from slightly over 2% copper to an eventual standard 10% copper).
Never went blind tho. -
That's just because you figured out at a very early age it was over for youdflea said:Yeah. It is.
The capitalization of AIN'T was almost enough to change the result, but not quite.