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Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2019 1:31 pm**

PERTY CHEEP FIX STEVE, HOW LONG DID IT LAST? FOR A COUPLE CENTS IT'L KEEP YOU GOING A FEW HUNDRED MILES. A NEWER CENT WOULD NOT LAST ANY TIME.

Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2019 1:41 pm**

Cents after 1982 are 97.5% zinc. Too soft. Before 1982, 95% copper. Even that will wear out in a couple thousand miles.

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