PopSci has a fun project that shows you how to dissolve the zinc in a penny, leaving only the thin copper shell.
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funny thing about this is that before 1982 they were made from all copper see here, http://coins.about.com/od/uscoins/f/copper_to_zinc.htm
so much for sound money.