What year did they stop making solid copper pennies?

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What year did the U.S. government stop making solid copper pennies?

I've heard they stopped making solid copper pennies in the early 80's but them i heard they stopped making them in 1932 due to the high cost of copper in WWII and due to the low supply of copper and the high need for it.

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1982 was the last year of the copper cent. that year some were copper and some were 90 % zinc and 1...

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The composition of the United States currency known as the penny was pure copper from 1793 to 1837.

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In 1982, the composition of a penny was changed to 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper. The penny was first produced...

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In World War II, we made steel pennies to save copper. We also took most of the copper out of pennies...

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In 1983 they stopped making pennies completely out of copper.

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1997 was they year that they went to 98.4% zinc, 1858-1996 was 95%-98% copper.

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They stopped making copper pennies in 1983, they were changed to copper-plated zinc. 242242

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Pennies were stopped being copper in 1982. Lincoln cents were never made of pure copper and struck in...

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