Jarden Zinc Products
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Jarden Zinc Products of Greeneville, Tennessee
, is an American
manufacturer of a variety of basic zinc
products, including sheets of zinc used as precursors to other products and coinage blanks (planchet
s), including the copper
-coated zinc blanks presently used to mint
the United States one-cent piece
. The company has resisted past efforts to eliminate the penny in the United States.
Greeneville, Tennessee
Greeneville is a town in Greene County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 15,198 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Greene County. The town was named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene. It is the only town with this spelling in the United States, although there...
, is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
manufacturer of a variety of basic zinc
Zinc
Zinc , or spelter , is a metallic chemical element; it has the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is the first element in group 12 of the periodic table. Zinc is, in some respects, chemically similar to magnesium, because its ion is of similar size and its only common oxidation state is +2...
products, including sheets of zinc used as precursors to other products and coinage blanks (planchet
Planchet
A planchet is a round metal disk that is ready to be struck as a coin. An older word for planchet is flan. They are also referred to as blanks.-History:The preparation of the flan or planchet has varied over the years...
s), including the copper
Copper
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable; an exposed surface has a reddish-orange tarnish...
-coated zinc blanks presently used to mint
Mint (coin)
A mint is an industrial facility which manufactures coins for currency.The history of mints correlates closely with the history of coins. One difference is that the history of the mint is usually closely tied to the political situation of an era...
the United States one-cent piece
Cent (United States coin)
The United States one-cent coin, commonly known as a penny, is a unit of currency equaling one one-hundredth of a United States dollar. The cent's symbol is ¢. Its obverse has featured the profile of President Abraham Lincoln since 1909, the centennial of his birth. From 1959 to 2008, the reverse...
. The company has resisted past efforts to eliminate the penny in the United States.