So what actually happened to the 1815 large Cent penny? I have heard speculations that since the US was at war with Britain, (who was their main material
supplier for coins) they could not get any shipments of copper to the US. Now I'm no historian, but there were other countries where the US...
I am not sure what these are, I think one may be a George Washington Inagural button and the other may be a large cent or half cent. The coin is definatly copper.