Will U.S. Mint Change Coin Compositions?
Mar 25, 2022
3 minutes
By Patrick A. Heller
By 1857, the value of copper had increased so much, particularly from the effects of inflation, that the U.S. Mint ended the production of half cents after that year. That year it also changed the size and composition of the one cents to be smaller coins.
In 1982, the U.S. Mint changed the metal composition of the cent to reduce the costs of striking these coins.
It may be time once again for the
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