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Belgium 1916 5 Centimes

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Belgium-1916-5-Centimes

Belgium-1916-5-Centimes

Found this Belgian coin. Looks like some extra dots in the date area (1 below right of 9, low left on the 6, and 1 centered at the bottom). The coin shows no distrubance on the other side. Any ideas on this?

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These coins are made of zinc, which is notoriously prone to all sorts of rot, cancer and corrosion. You can see a large pit above the T where a corrosion bubble has already burst. I'd be reluctant to classify the three blobs near the date as anything other than unbroken bubbles.
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Good point. Thanks. I've never noticed this on other zinc coins I have, most of which are WWII vintage. Sounds like a good explanation.
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yess the nice so called zinc-pest ;-)
by the way: its a german coin for belgium, issued by the german military
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An other example with "corrosion dots"

Belgium-1916-5-Centimes

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