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Valued Member
United States
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found yesterday in change. haven't seen anything like this before. what do you guys think ? thanks. Randy   Edited by randy0050
05/03/2012 7:04 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Zinc rot. Throw it back. I'm sure Coop will post his pretty pictures to show the process of what happens
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Valued Member
 United States
246 Posts |
see how the circle is perfect around the 4 ?
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a penny I will post at some point, it looks like that the inner metal ate away through to the outer plate. Its ugly and I know this is not worth anything nor collectable but I have to know how that could happen.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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As pointed out above, this is damage from zinc rot. Zinc is very corrosive and the copper plating is what protects it. As the corrosion moves out from the hole or split in the plating it forms a circle.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
808 Posts |
 I have had a couple of them also. Wasnt sure what it could be  now I know ! thanks ! |
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Valued Member
United States
246 Posts |
Thanks so much !! I was wondering how it could be circular like this !! well explained !! thanks again !
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Here it is......  Isn't the circle around the mint mark area? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just wanted to show you a few picks of one penny I found yesterday that is rotting from the inside out, not much different than what you have. I believe that all of these zinc penny rot out , I almost hate to by any to collect.   |
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Valued Member
United States
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thats some nice examples !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i felt sorry for this coin, I kept it but put it in the other side of the safe!
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Valued Member
United States
246 Posts |
i was thinking the circles started out this way and then the zinc rot took over.. the edges of the circles are square down. I was kinda hoping it was a crash test dummy for the 1994 year. lol
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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thats funny but they do that crap and leave us in the dark as always
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Valued Member
United States
246 Posts |
lol. yes the zinc rot is evident , but I think maybe they might have something else to it.. the pictures are bad . hard to really see.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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you may be on to something and I hope you are because if this is what we can look forward to, my collection will have to change.
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Posted 05/03/2012 09:55 am
