Anyone have any info or theories? Doesn't pass the smell test how it happened right when covid started for no apparent reason
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Those pre-1965 coins aren't pure silver but they are 90% silver. There are plenty of websites that will break down the composition for you and the silver weight. Also during WW2 there were "war nickels" that are actually 35% silver/6% manganese/59% copper.
Those dollar coins with the presidents on them are almost pure copper with brass plating. They do have a nice ring to them.
Pennies shifted away from pure copper to copper-plated zinc midway through 1982, you have to do the sound test on the 82's to figure out which are which. Copper ones have a nice ring to them while the zinc ones sound dull, if you have pre-82 and post-82 pennies you can compare them to figure out if your 82's are copper or not. Pennies from 1943 were actually made of steel because copper was needed more for the war effort and are neat curiosities.
Thank you for all that info , yes I remember now hearing they r 90 percent , ty !those President dollars are cool out of 2 k dollars box I got 1 Kennedy and 1 Reagan ,most of the dollars were Susan b Anthony and Sacajawea , I was kind of ashamed that some of the presidents I never heard of , it made me buy a book of the Presidents just because I love History and realized I never even heard of some of these dudes.