1 It costs more than 1 cent to make a penny â Snopes. 2  It is illegal to melt US coins to sell for scrap metal â US Mint. 3  Composition of the US Penny â US Mint. 4  US Penny â Wikipedia.
Quick Answer. Scallops are not made from stingrays. A stingray is an ancient type of fish with a cartilage skeleton. A scallop is a type of marine mollusk.
The word scallop is also applied to the meat of these bivalves when it is sold as seafood. In addition the name scallop is used as part of the name of dishes based on the meat of scallops, and is even applied to some dishes not containing scallop at all but which are prepared in a similar fashion.n a sushi bar, hotategai (å¸ç«è², æµ·æ) is the traditional scallop on rice, and while kaibashira (è²æ±) may be called scallops, it is actually the adductor muscle of any kind of shellfish, e.g. , mussels, oysters, or clams. Dried scallop is known in Cantonese Chinese cuisine as conpoy (ä¹¾ç¤æ±, ä¹¾è², å¹²è²).