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Bookmark or Share- Circulating Coins - United States MintCirculating coins - penny, nickel, dime, quarter - are the coins that the United States Mint produces for everyday transactions.
- Historic Coin Production - United States MintIn 1857, the Mint added nickel to the copper, but switched to tin and zinc in 1864. For the year 1943, pennies became zinc-coated steel because copper was essential to the war effort during World War II. But the Mint also struck a limited number of copper pennies. In 1962 tin was eliminated, and in 1982 the penny became primarily zinc with only ...
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- Penny - United States MintIn 1943, pennies were made of zinc-coated steel because copper was needed during World War II. At the beginning of 1943, a limited number of copper pennies were struck by mistake. In honor of the Mint’s 225th anniversary in 2017, pennies made in Philadelphia had a “P” mint mark for the first time.
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