Hydrantman said:There is nothing noted in the Official Red Book about 83s being minted in copper. Copper stopped in 82 when they switched to copper plated zinc. As you have been doing, you can tell by the weight.
My question is this... is there really a calling for copper? Are coin shops and dealers buying the copper? At last glance it was at $3.43/lb. which wound make the penny's copper value about $0.02.