In 1982 they started to make the US penny out of copper plated zinc. I loved
getting Canadian money to spend when I visited Canada, I still have pennies,
nickels, dimes, quarters, Loonies, Toonies along with some current and early
coins half dollars and some early and current pre loonie dollars. Have you
seen a US or Canadian half dime? Canada has beautiful coins, they all have
proof like finishes when new. I was most impressed with the breast cancer
awareness quarter with the painted white and pink ribbon on the back, I was
there the year they came out which was 2006.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2006-Canada-25-cents-quarter-dollar-Pink-Ribbon-End-Breast-Cancer-/121065655523
> From: kathal...@gmail.com
> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:23:01 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] DELETE warning, Economics and currency boring
> off topic Yen Yuan USD CAD AUD CHF
>
> And now the penny is no longer being made in Canada as of Feb 1. Cost more
> than a penny to make it. I still have some $1 & $2 CDN bills as they are no
> longer in circulation. We now have the Loonie and Toonie to replace the
> paper bills.
>
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