Christopher C. Newton, the fiercely private chief executive officer of California-based Work Life Benefits, was due at a budget meeting there Tuesday afternoon and caught American Airlines Flight 77 that morning.is wife, Amy, had already moved to Ashburn with their son, Michael, 10, and daughter, Sarah, 7. Colleagues said Newton, 38, viewed the move as strategically advantageous and jokingly said it would put him three time zones closer for telephone calls from the Paris headquarters of Accor, the firm's parent.
Single Proof coins were available from the Mint, at a premium over their face value, in the years in which they were minted. In 1936 the Mint started offering Proof coins in complete sets, cent, nickel, dime, quarter and half dollar. These sets originally sold for $1.87 each. In 1942 there were some Proof sets issued with two nickels. The regular composition as well as the silver.
The cent's composition was changed in 1982 because the value of the copper in the coin started to rise above one cent. This was mainly caused by inflation. Some 1982 pennies used the 97.5% zinc composition, while others used the 95% copper composition. With the exception of 2009 bicentennial cents minted specifically for collectors, United States cents minted after 1982 have been copper-plated zinc.