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What could a penny buy before 1940, and were there saftey features added ?

emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 4,634 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I'm lost when these thoughts cross my mind.
I think its important when researching.
Need to know.
Thanks

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  • ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,902 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 29, 2020 7:20AM

    :) Penny Candy ( I know some of the ones shown may have been a nickel but you get the idea. )

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,679 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Half a postage stamp?

    A swig of Coca Cola?

  • 4BR4BR Posts: 13 ✭
    edited August 29, 2020 10:56AM

    Prior to 1940, penny arcade machines were common, penny gumball machines, stamps for mailing postcards were 1 cent. You could juice your self with an electrical jolt for 1 penny. The main safety feature of a wheat penny as it pertains to your pre-1940 question, it was pure bronze: 95% copper; 2.5% Tin; 2.5% zinc. so they were safe to have as far as it's metal value and planchet weight thereof. Of course, as with everything in an empire in rot, the penny was destroyed in 1982 by the money changers and political clowns, penny is now 97.5% Zinc, and a smidgen of copper.

  • emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 4,634 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow, Mary Janes, haven't seen them in a while.
    What a flash back so to say , 1960 is where I started, OK born in 1960.
    Thanks for the aray of goodies Van.
    Now I have the munchies.
    Cool

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

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