How to tell if a penny's age by flipping it

When you flip it, hit it with your thumb's fingernail. Think of how you do a coin toss-- just be sure to strike it hard! If there's a distinctive ringing sound, then it's mostly copper. The zinc cores make a much different sound: more of a thud. Go find a penny minted pre-1982 and compare to a new one; you'll hear the difference!

Found this little treasure on reddit.com at this link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/9mibg/til_that_you_can_tell_if...

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[momentum27]

Cool! :DD

[sumfight]

Thanks :)

[WhereMyWaffle]

WHOS AWESOME!?

YOU'RE AWESOME! *thumbs upp* :D

now eat sumpie

[sumfight]

LOL, wooo pie :)

[IAmTheWarbringer]

You deserve more subs and more views. The current numbers are criminally low.

[sumfight]

Thanks so so much :)

I never know how some people do it(considering some of the things they put out too), oh well, maybe they are in the right place at the right time

[van11111]

How about if I skip the penny thing and just go straight to eating pie?

[rocklover4]

hi bruno

[scottklaw]

I found a 1941 two weeks ago

[MGSGeneral]

I guess I just learned something new today...

[qwertypower9]

If you can give me some, I'd be happy to eat it! ^.^

[miession]

I´m only happy when it raiinnnss!!

[Murtag3710]

i ate pie first

[briannalove13]

This is really weird because my chemistry teacher made us do a lab about the mass of pre and post 1982 pennies and he told us about the whole zinc copper thing. O_O

[ariana19941993]

Subliminal Messages in background music

[Xexillia]

I love pie =)

[z3ro146]

good to know