Please correct me if I'm wrong but this the US mint says the last time the compsition of us coins were changed were in 1982 for cents and 1965 for quarters, nickels, dimes.
They're doing it to save money and have probably planned it for years, but what an interesting time for it to happen.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but this the US mint says the last time the compsition of us coins were changed were in 1982 for cents and 1965 for quarters, nickels, dimes.
They're doing it to save money and have probably planned it for years, but what an interesting time for it to happen.
Here is the history of US coin composition: https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/coin-production#:~:text=Copper%20coins%2C%20such%20as%20the%20penny%2C%20started%20as,to%20the%20war%20effort%20during%20World%20War%20II.