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.
A scallop is a marine bivalve mollusc of the family Pectinidae. Scallops live in all the world's oceans. This is one of the largest families of living bivalves. There are over 300 living species of scallop. Their main adaptation is the ability to swim by clapping their valves together. In this way they escape from most of their predators. They have a good reputation as a food source. As bivalves they have two shells. The lower shell is usually white. It can also be orange or Lemon Yellow. The na