Which US Type Coin has no copper?

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« on: December 06, 2009, 05:23:55 AM »
A friendly reader with a super Type Set wrote in with this question. It stumped me for a while. There is only one type of US coin that has no copper in it. All the others have at least a little. Do you know what type it is?

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« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2009, 02:13:54 PM »
US Silver Eagle
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« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2009, 02:37:42 PM »
Good guess! But wrong.  Huh

Silver Eagles do not have any copper in them. But they are not circulating coins. There is one US type coin that has no copper. It was a regular coin that actually circulated.
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« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2009, 02:39:44 PM »
wasn't there a single issue coin type set?
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« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2009, 03:20:06 AM »
*wasn't there a single issue coin type set?*

I'm not sure what you mean... but the coin I'm thinking of is listed in most type sets I know about.
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« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2009, 07:53:28 AM »
I believe the 1943 steel cent had no copper at all.
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« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2009, 09:05:23 AM »
Quote from: walmann on December 07, 2009, 07:53:28 AM
I believe the 1943 steel cent had no copper at all.

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« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2009, 11:08:44 AM »
We have a winner! It took me a while to figure out because I thought Cent = copper so looked elsewhere to no avail.

Great question!
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« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2009, 01:49:28 AM »
that was a good question
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