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Metal and Weights

According to wikipedia, the composition of the penny has changed throughout the years but was primarily made as follows:

YearsMaterialWeight (in grams)
1793 – 1857100% copper10.89-13.48 g
1856-186488% copper, 12% nickel4.67 g
1864-194295% copper, 5% tin and zinc3.11 g
1943zinc-coated steel2.72 g
1944-194695% copper, 5% zinc3.11 g
1947-196295% copper, 5% tin and zinc3.11 g
1962 – September 198295% copper, 5% zinc3.11 g
October 1982 – Present97.5% zinc, 2.5% copper2.5 g

Errors and Varieties

1909-S (S over horizontal S)1909 (VDB DDO)
1917 (DDO)
1922 (No D or Weak D)
1936 (DDO)
1941 (DDO)1943 (DDO)1943-D (RPM/Doubled)1943 (Bronze)1944 (S over D)1944 (Steel)1946 (S over D)
1955 (DDO)1956-D (D above Shadow D)1958 (DDO)1959 P/D (RPM D/D/D)         P (DDO Date / Wheat Reverse)
1960-D (Small and Large Date)             (RPM and DDO)1961-D (RPM D/D, FS-101)1963-D (DDO, FS-101)             (3 South of Date)1964 (DDR, FS-801, FS-802)         (US of A, E Puribus, Initials, One Cent)1966 (DDO IGWT and Date, DDR)1968-D (RPM D/D West)             (DDR, FS-801, US of A, E Pluribus)1969-D (No FG, FS-101)1969-S (DDO, FS-101)
1970-S (DDO)1971 (DDO, FS-101 Liberty, IGWT, Date)1972 (DDO, FS-101-109, Libert, IGWT, Date)1972-D (Rotation)1973-D (Rotation)
1980 (DDO, FS-101 Liberty, Date)1982 (DDO, Large Data, Small Date)1983-P (DDO and DDR)1983-D (DDO, Extra Earlobe)1983-D (**Copper** Big $$$)1984-P (Double Ear, DDO, FS102)1984-D (DDO, FS101, Date)1987-D (RPM, D/D, FS-101, FS-113)1988-P/D (Reverse of ‘89, Transitional)
1992-D/P (Close AM) 1994-P (DDR, FS-801, Last Column)1995-P/D (DDO, FS-103, IGWT, Lib)1996 (DDO, FS-101 We, ST of Trust)1997-P (Double Ear)1998 (Wide AM)1999 (Wide AM)
2000 (Wide AM)2006 (DDO, FS-101 Ear, FS-102 Ear-Lib-Date)2009 (Formative Years has Extra Thumb)2015-P (DDO)2020 (Too Many Errors To List)

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