canadian copper question
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:58 amdoes 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
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:58 amRe: canadian copper question
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 12:18 pmanything pre 1997 is 98% copper
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 12:19 pmthank you
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 3:32 pm1920 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
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
Re: canadian copper question
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:33 pmgreat guide henry. due to the weights, I keep 79 and under separate. coinflation is a good reference.
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:53 pmpenny pretty wrote: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
Re: canadian copper question
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 4:41 am98% copper, on anything pre 1997
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 11:30 pmSTILL 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!
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 3:28 pmIs there a sticky on Canadian copper? Perhaps there should be.
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 3:41 pmSo 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.
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 4:02 pmEcotic wrote: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
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 4:13 pmOh 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.