Radiodensity of the proposed new penny

Dorst, J.P.; Reichelderfer, T.E.; Sanders, R.C.; Dorst, J.P; Reichelderfer, T.E; Sanders, R.C

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Radiodensity of the proposed new penny

Dorst, J.P.; Reichelderfer, T.E.; Sanders, R.C.

Pediatrics 69(2): 224-225

1982

ISSN/ISBN: 0031-4005

PMID: 7058097

Document Number: 193057

In 1973 the United States Mint proposed replacing the bronze penny with a less expensive penny made of aluminum. Pediatricians and pediatric radiologists, by testifying that aluminum coins are difficult to see on radiographs, helped defeat that legislation. Now the Mint again proposes a less expensive penny, one made principally of zinc. This proposed penny is radiopaque and will be easily identified on radiographs.