Things You Can Buy for a Penny Amazon. Kobo. Indiebound. Google Play. HMH (Publisher) Barnes & Noble. Powell’s. Click to see full answer. People also ask, does anything cost a penny? 1: Pennies Don’t Cost a Penny Yup, it costs the U.S. Mint more than one cent to make a penny — 1.55 cents per penny in 2016 — even though all pennies since 1982 have been made of 97.5 percent zinc and only 2.5 percent copper.Beside above, what can you buy with 1p? Here are five surprising items you can spend a penny – or two – on. Three Mobile Sim card. This Three Pay As You Go Sim costs just 1p and comes with free delivery. EE Sim card. This EE Sim card also costs 1p on Amazon and has free delivery. Crystal and silver plated ring. Pair of earrings. Christmas tree brooch. Just so, what cost 1 cent? The cost to produce the one-cent coin increased to 1.5 cents during 2016, the Wall Street Journal reported. In 2015, the penny cost 1.43 cents to make, while in 2014, its production value was 1.66 cents.What could you buy with a penny in 1787?The one-cent coin, or the penny, was the first currency authorized by the United States. According to pennies.org, “The first one-cent coin was struck in 1787 by a private mint. This coin, known as the Fugio cent, was 100 percent copper and this composition would continue until the mid-1800s.