Toven Specimen Is Cool…If You Are Into Weird Coins

24 July 2009, 3:54 PM. By Jack Tomas

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In 1973 the price of copper was close to 1 cent, so the mint made some prototype aluminum pennies. They realized that this was stupid, (it’s like currency made from tin foil). There are only two left, one at the Smithsonian. Very expensive for a worthless hunk of aluminum.

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