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Show cents made of copper, with a slight alloy of zinc and tin. The state of Pensylvania alone absorbed 11,000,-000 11,000,-000 last year, and New York 9,000,-000. 9,000,-000. There is much curiosity about the final fate of these cents as there is about that of pins. Nobody is able to tell where the pins go to, and it is impossible to even surmise what j has become of the hundreds of mil-1 mil-1 lions of cents issued by the mint since it began its operations. It is rather a profitable business for the government, as it means the conversion conver-sion or copper, costing ten cents a pound into a form in which it is worth $2 or more a pound. San Francisco Chronicle. Output of Cent Pieces. The mint of Philadelphia is almost constantly engaged in turning out |