Summary for pennies made Discussion
pennies made are not produced in one single “main factory,” according to Freeman Newton. He explains that the zinc disks are first electroplated with copper at commercial plating shops, then shipped back to the U.S. Mint. There, the markings are stamped into the coins using a hydraulic press, which he compares to pressing a fork pattern into mashed potatoes, only with much stronger and faster equipment. He also notes that the Mint operates several factories across the United States called mints, and points readers to the U.S. Mint website for more information. The answer addresses both parts of the student’s question: where pennies are made and how the designs and markings are applied.
Q. To who this may concern,
I was doing a project on pennies And I was wondering where is the main factory of penny making? Is there even such thing? And if not, Then I have a another question. How do You make the markings on a penny? Thanks for your time! I hope I didn’t waste it!
Sincerely,
Samantha C. [student’s last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
student – New Milford, Connecticut, America
2004
A. The zinc disks are electroplated with copper at commercial plating shops, and then shipped back to the U.S. Mint where the markings are stamped into them similarly to the way you might press your fork’s pattern into mashed potatoes, but with much stronger and faster equipment than a fork, called a hydraulic press.
The mint has a number of such factories across the United states called “mints”, and more info is available at www.usmint.gov.
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2004
2004
A. Samantha,
Re your penny project, well, where did the penny originate from? You should know that …. England.
And I guess that the main H.Q. for pennies in the UK is the Bank of England.
Hence, their famous expression of “Spending a Penny” however these days it’ll probably cost quite a bit more.
Freeman Newton [deceased] (It is our sad duty to advise that Freeman passed away
April 21, 2012. R.I.P. old friend).