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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:
| Years | Material | Weight (in grams) |
| 1793 – 1857 | 100% copper | 10.89-13.48 g |
| 1856-1864 | 88% copper, 12% nickel | 4.67 g |
| 1864-1942 | 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc | 3.11 g |
| 1943 | zinc-coated steel | 2.72 g |
| 1944-1946 | 95% copper, 5% zinc | 3.11 g |
| 1947-1962 | 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc | 3.11 g |
| 1962 – September 1982 | 95% copper, 5% zinc | 3.11 g |
| October 1982 – Present | 97.5% zinc, 2.5% copper | 2.5 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) |