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Bedrock of the Community
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I don't normally take pictures of completely corroded coins. This one ranks up there for ugliness in a mint state coin.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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This 1997 zinc bit it. Actually, no... someone bit it!   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Here's the ones I posted earlier but with better lighting to show the horrible corrosion that zinc is famous for after it eats the copper plating for lunch... and we are handling these - where is the study on the prolonged exposure to zinc- Oh, shhhh!   Edited by Mark1959
01/07/2018 7:14 pm
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New Member
United States
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Wow, you can't even tell most of these are even pennies!
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow, you can't even tell most of these are even pennies! They ain't - they are Cents -  sorry, couldn't resist!! |
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 United States
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Here's one I found stuck in asphalt. I quickly spent it at a local mcdonalds. This one could easily be seen as a punchout and not a coin as nearly all the copper plating is gone. Road rash does not get any worse than this before the coin fragments up and is destroyed like the one that has only half remaining.   |
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Valued Member
United States
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That mint state zinc if let loose into curculation wouldnt last a year before corroding. Jesus they crumble like the country that made them
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Pillar of the Community
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I quickly spent it at a local mcdonalds. Ain't it funny you can spend that but if you try to spend a 2$ bill you get the cops called on you for trying to spend a counterfeit bill! |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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...they crumble like the country that made them Aside from a numismatic standpoint, I don't care for the zinc cent in the slightest and I wish it would have been done away with long ago. However using the word "crumble" to describe our country is hyperbole. Where would you prefer to live? Edited by CelticKnot
01/07/2018 10:20 pm
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United States
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Yeah I also received a steel punchout from the same mcdonalds a couple weeks back. Now thats just ridicoulous to let slide. a $2 bill shouldnt cause problems and from what I remember wasn't taught of in my elementary school. And by crumble I mean all these riots and terrorist attacks that have been happening. Id prefer to live in the middle of nowhere if I could.
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Rest in Peace
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Yeah - me too!  |
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I don't normally take pictures of completely corroded coins. This one ranks up there for ugliness in a mint state coin. Impressive.  |
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United States
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The mint should be proud...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow!! Those are horrible. Most of them are unidentifiable. Must have spent a winter in a salted parking lot. |
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