Get Ready For The Zinkel

that was my first thought.

when I was very young, in my grandpa's garage, on the workbench, among all the screws and nails and stuff i'd occasionally find a small aluminum coin from somewhere and my young mind noted the difference between our early 70s coinage and that very lightweight chip from wherever.

skipping ahead many years to the mid-2000s, I cleaned up a pile of mostly zincolns from someone's carport one day here in KW. at that time I didn't really know that zincolns would dissolve out there in the elements. I discovered that issue as I cleaned up those coins.

all of the valuable metal has been or is being removed from our coinage. shaking my head.