Canadian Penny -- #MadeNoMore
Canadian Penny
1876 - 2013
R.I.P.
For this week's FlickrFriday theme of "Made No More" I chose the penny as a subject. The life (and death) of the Canadian Penny is so full of fun facts that they cannot all be listed here. But here are a few:
*** For the first 32 years of its life, 1876 - 1908, the penny was minted in Britain and shipped over.
*** Nicknamed a "copper", the penny was not actually made of copper from 1997 on. It was copper-plated zinc or steel.
*** Even with the reduced copper content, pennies in their final years were costing 1.6 cents to make.
*** The Canadian federal government has saved millions of dollars by discontinuing the minting of pennies.
Canadian Penny -- #MadeNoMore
Canadian Penny
1876 - 2013
R.I.P.
For this week's FlickrFriday theme of "Made No More" I chose the penny as a subject. The life (and death) of the Canadian Penny is so full of fun facts that they cannot all be listed here. But here are a few:
*** For the first 32 years of its life, 1876 - 1908, the penny was minted in Britain and shipped over.
*** Nicknamed a "copper", the penny was not actually made of copper from 1997 on. It was copper-plated zinc or steel.
*** Even with the reduced copper content, pennies in their final years were costing 1.6 cents to make.
*** The Canadian federal government has saved millions of dollars by discontinuing the minting of pennies.