A total of 2,345,600,000 business strikes were minted in 2009.
No, though the mint did experiment with aluminum pennies in 1974, though all were either destroyed, donated to the Smithsonian, or stolen.
1943 to save copper for the war effort.
A total of 191,550,000 was minted in the U.S. of 1943s. How many are still around ? It is impossible to say.
Philadelphia Mint = 185,262,000 / Denver Mint = 41,730,000 / San Francisco Mint = 50,148,000 // TOTAL = 277,140,000
US Indian Head cents: 2,740 proofs and 57,182,854 for circulation. British Pennies: 15,331,000.
For the year 1900 a total of 66,831,502 business strikes were minted & 2,262 proof coins were struck.
A total of 2,345,600,000 business strikes were minted in 2009.
No, though the mint did experiment with aluminum pennies in 1974, though all were either destroyed, donated to the Smithsonian, or stolen.
1943 to save copper for the war effort.
A total of 191,550,000 was minted in the U.S. of 1943s. How many are still around ? It is impossible to say.
Pennies are minted at three locations in the US; The San Francisco Mint, The Denver Mint and the Philadelphia Mint. Pennies from San Francisco have an "S" on them. Pennies from Denver have a "D" on them and pennies from Philadelphia have no letter.
9 BILLION (Excluding "Proof" coins) 4.6 are from the Philadelphia Mint. 4.4 are from the Denver Mint.
Well . . . there have never been any silver pennies minted in the US, so you must be talking about the steel pennies. As far as I know, 1943 was the only year that steel pennies, or 'steelies', were minted.
13.1 BILLION (Excluding "Proof" coins) 6.6 BILLION are from the Philadelphia Mint. 6.5 are from the Denver Mint.
Philadelphia Mint = 185,262,000 / Denver Mint = 41,730,000 / San Francisco Mint = 50,148,000 // TOTAL = 277,140,000
The US never made steel pennies in 1946. They were made in 1943 to save copper for the war effort.