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 flesh of a stingray's or skate's wing has a delicate but noticeable hint of shellfish flavor, stronger in the skate than the ray. The wing won't serve as a direct substitute for scallops, which have a much more assertive flavor, but the meat is tasty when prepared in the same ways.