canadian copper question

[okjdawg]

does anyone have a list of the candian pennies that are pure copper or at least partially copper everytime i buy some pennies i always find at least 2 or 3 can anyone help me

[brexzz1]

anything pre 1997 is 98% copper

[okjdawg]

thank you

[henrysmedford]

1920 to 1941
Composition: 95.5% copper, 3% tin, 1.5% zinc
Weight (g): 3.24
Diameter (mm): 19.05
Thickness (mm): 1.65

1942 to 1977
Composition: 98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc
Weight (g): 3.24
Diameter (mm): 19.05
Thickness (mm): 1.65

1978 to 1979
Composition: 98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc
Weight (g): 3.24
Diameter (mm): 19.05
Thickness (mm): 1.52

1980 to 1981
Composition: 98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc
Weight (g): 2.8
Diameter (mm): 19
Thickness (mm): 1.45

1982 to 1996
Composition: 98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc
Weight (g): 2.5
Diameter (mm): 19.1
Thickness (mm): 1.45

1997 to 1999
Composition: 98.4% zinc, 1.6% copper plating
Weight (g): 2.25
Diameter (mm): 19.05
Thickness (mm): 1.45

2000 to date
Composition: 94% steel, 1.5% nickel, 4.5% copper plating or copper plated zinc
Weight (g): 2.35
Diameter (mm): 19.05
Thickness (mm): 1.45

[penny pretty]

great guide henry. due to the weights, I keep 79 and under separate. coinflation is a good reference.

[henrysmedford]

great guide henry. due to the weights, I keep 79 and under separate. coinflation is a good reference.

Cut and paste from the Royal Canadian Mint

[MIspecial]

98% copper, on anything pre 1997

[penny pretty]

STILL although 98%, 80-96 kanucks WEIGH less than US 95% pennies. keep em separate. 79 and below, keep separate, more copper value and weight than either!

[exbingoaddict]

Is there a sticky on Canadian copper? Perhaps there should be.

[Ecotic]

So I'm guessing the 1920-1941 Canadian Pennies are the most valuable Canadians, closely followed by the 1978-1979s? The 1978-1979's have the highest proportion of copper + tin and the lowest proportion of zinc, but the 1920-1941s have 3% of that valuable tin despite having 1.5% zinc.

[henrysmedford]

So I'm guessing the 1920-1941 Canadian Pennies are the most valuable Canadians, closely followed by the 1978-1979s? The 1978-1979's have the highest proportion of copper + tin and the lowest proportion of zinc, but the 1920-1941s have 3% of that valuable tin despite having 1.5% zinc.

They are worth more as collector coins than melt coins.
The 1920-1936 King George V cents are worth .25- $25 retail in a VG8 as they are collector coins.


And the 1937-1941 are worth .15-.75 retail in a F12 grade

[Ecotic]

Oh yeah, I forget they're the Canadian version of wheat pennies. Canadian pennies up to 1979 are so awesome, they're so thick and have that "divine heaviness" as Auric Goldfinger once put it.