Because 68.27 is less than 100, Tree World is a âsmall businessâ under the minimum wage ordinance. do tips count toward the minimum wage? Tips and gratuities do not affect the new minimum wage owed to employees.
Before 1982, the penny was made of copper which is why they, unlike most other coins, don't look silver. However, after 1982, the U.S. government realized that it was too expensive to make a pennyâmore than the penny was worth in moneyâso they decided, instead, to make it with a mixture of two different metals. Nearly ninety nine per cent of the penny is made of zinc while the other per cent (at most) is made of copper.
A penny is not what you think. Indeed, from 1783 to 1837, a cent was pure copper. But newer pennies are made mostly of zinc. Here's the history, according to the U.S. Mint: 1  From 1837 to 1857, the cent was made of bronze (95 percent copper, and five percent tin and zinc). 2  From 1857, the cent was 88 percent copper and 12 percent nickel, giving the coin a whitish appearance.