claims made by the US government‚ regarding the spectrophotometric analysis of a copper penny hold true. Before 1982‚ the Lincoln cent contained 95% copper and 5% various mixtures of zinc and tin. As the cost of copper increased‚ the cost to produce the penny was more than the actual face value of the penny. This caused the US government to change the composition of the penny. The pennies we know today consist of a copper coating‚ which contains mostly zinc metal‚ and has a 2.5% mass. The contents
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pockets or purses for a few pennies? All they have is just unwanted weight to their pockets and purses. Few people now a days still bend down to pick up a penny off the sidewalk. Whether its the superstions of “luck” or just another penny to add into their collection. Only traditions explain our stubborn attachment to our pennies. However‚ pennies should not be abolished‚ they are beneficial to us in every days life. For example‚ people who have thousands of pennies saved up from over the years
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Should Pennies be a Valid Currency? How many people keep their pennies compared to how many people just toss them in the leave one/take one trays at the gas stations or tell a cashier to keep the change? Is the cost of making a penny worth it? According to the US Mint‚ it costs 2.41 cents to make a penny. It costs two and a half times more to make the penny than the coin is worth. In most cases‚ businesses can round up or down to the nearest five cent with it not affecting their tills drastically
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Lincoln Penny There are changes from small to big to the Lincoln penny. Over the years‚ there were several reasons for changes made to the Lincoln penny. This included changes in its appearance and in its make-up. According to the passage‚ the Lincoln penny had the initials of the designer‚ Victor D. Brenner on it. Americans complained the initials were too big and needed to be removed. This resulted in them removing them and later putting them back on‚ just smaller. Nowadays pennies from 1909
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Penny Synthesis Essay To “… not ban pennies‚ but merely discourage their use by establishing a system…” It is because I agree with Mark Lewis of Forbes.com‚ that I affirm abolishing the penny‚ yet with some restrictions. In 2001 a United States Representative by the name of Jim Kolbe introduced a proposition to eliminate the penny (United States’ lowest denomination coin). To deeply reason as to why an individual might support this proposition‚ we must look at three different points of analysis
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Abolish the Penny Between 2001 and 2006‚ there has been an increase of .6 cents for the reproduction of the penny. This increase displays economic problems that may lead to fatal ones. The penny is composed of 2% copper and 98% zinc. These elements are exponentially in demand causing the price of these materials to skyrocket. Many Americans think the penny is putting our country in jeopardy with financial losses. This meaningless coin is losing money for the mint‚ and should be abolished.
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Percent Copper and Zinc in Pennies From Density Purpose: Practicing determine the density of the solution. Developing the method for determine the percent of density for the solution. Examining the linear relationship by learning to use the best-fit straight line. Using the linear relationship to determine the percent of density by the solution. Be familiar with recording data and observations. Methods & Material: Methods: Weight the mass for the different percent of zinc and copper mixtures
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1857‚ the penny has been changed about ten times! It used to be larger than today’s quarter‚ says “The Ever-Changing Penny.” Though people have worked hard to get the penny the way it is today‚ it might be time to disscard the penny. The penny cost a lot more than it is worth‚ it is way too heavy to carry around‚ it would create a great rounding system‚ and without it‚ we can save time and money. It is a big waste to have. We should follow in Canadas footsteps and get rid of it. The penny is the coin
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to stop minting the penny and to never use it again‚ but others want to keep using the penny and not get rid of it. Some people are fighting to get rid of the penny and these articles may pull people to their side: “Penny Wise‚ or 2.4 Cents Foolish?”(Source 1)‚ “Is the Penny Worth It?”(Source 2)‚ “Give a Penny-Save the Day!”(Source 3)‚ and “The Ever-Changing Penny”(Source 4). Some think the U.S. penny should be discontinued because it takes more than one penny to make a penny‚ it’s not worth much
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Based on the class data‚ the density of the penny changed dramatically between 1980 and 1985. From 1975 to 1980‚ the penny became 1.40g/mL less dense and from 1980 to 1985‚ the density dropped by 0.626. With this data and the percent composition equation we were able to determine that the second metal in the penny is Zinc with a density of 7.14g/mL. Using scholarly online sources‚ I was able to confirm this data concerning the second metal to be correct. The United States Mint’s website states that
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