You don't need to be a coin collector to have piggy banks stashed around your house filled with quarters, dimes, nickels or ...

During World War II, the U.S. Mint switched to zinc-coated steel pennies to conserve copper for military use. However, a small number of 1943 pennies were mistakenly struck in copper ...

New copper pennies vanished from circulation in 1982 ... In a digital world with the line blurring between the real and the virtual, tactile coins have been reassuring.

The combination of “copper” and “penny” might not seem like the best formula for valuable coins considering that you can find higher denominations in gold and silver. But finding the right ...

That “can be met without any new copper pennies at all being minted ... making it the first American coin to feature a real person. Over the years, it shrank, shed its bronze for cheaper ...

Re “So long, penny! Trump orders U.S. to ditch 1-cent coin after decades of complaints” (Feb. 10): Consider this solution to the penny problem. In 1943, copper became so dear that to ...

A copper penny appears to turn to silver after heating in an evaporating dish with a mixture. The penny then appears to turn to gold when heated in a flame. Heat causes a fusion of zinc and copper to ...

A new Copper Penny location has opened at 743 Saluda Ave. in Columbia’s Five Points. Chris Trainor [email protected] A popular women’s clothier has opened the doors on a new location in ...

A copper penny is heated and suspended above the surface of acetone in a beaker. The copper demonstrates heterogenous catalysis in the combustion of acetone to carbon dioxide and water. This exotherm ...

Rare pennies are worth real money, especially if they are uncirculated ... During World War II, pennies were made of steel to save copper for the war effort. However, a few were mistakenly made ...