3%-11% of the zinc is metallic. These specific metals can contaminate water, soil, and the plants surrounding the mine it’s from. Furthermore, it costs the government money because obviously a penny is one cent, but it cost 1.7 cents to make a penny in the first place. This could be a one of the reasons America faces such high debt. America is continuing to lose money as time moves on, statistics show that America loses $55 million dollars every year due to the production of this coin and the reason why it stays is only because 2/3 of America prefers to keep it as well as people believe it helps honors Abraham