Cent United States Value 0.01 U.S. Dollars Mass 2.5 g (0.080 troy oz) Diameter 19 mm (0.750 in) Thickness 1.52 mm (0.0598 in) Edge Plain Composition 1982 -- present copper - plated zinc 97.5 % Zn, 2.5 % Cu Years of minting 1793 -- present Catalog number -- Obverse Design Abraham Lincoln Designer Victor D. Brenner Design date 1909 Reverse Design Union Shield Designer Lyndall Bass Design date 2010 -- present
when did the us stop making solid copper pennies
1982