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.
Stingray phone tracker. The StingRay is an IMSI-catcher, a controversial cellular phone surveillance device, manufactured by Harris Corporation. Initially developed for the military and intelligence community, the StingRay and similar Harris devices are in widespread use by local and state law enforcement agencies across Canada, the United States, and in the United Kingdom. Stingray has also become a generic name to describe these kinds of devices.