1989 Cent Struck From End Of Strip?

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zacharycash Pillar of the Community United States 668 Posts	Posted 02/08/2008 10:48 pm Ok what do you think about this? And before you say damage. Go to this link and look at page 71. http://books.google.com/books?id=Rz...C28#PPA71,M1 Edited by zacharycash 02/08/2008 10:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Sleaklight Pillar of the Community United States 827 Posts	Posted 02/08/2008 10:50 pm The problem with yours though is that it has damage further into the planchet and not just the edge is ragged. It looks like had a bad acid trip imo. But it does look neat. Edited by Sleaklight 02/08/2008 11:13 pm Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 02/08/2008 10:50 pm corroded. It's damage. Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 02/09/2008 12:54 am Yep, get a scratch on these zinc pennies, add some electrolyte (water and salts) and the copper pulls electrons from the zinc, producing zinc ions which combine into compounds eroding from the core. If it continues to the end, all you're left with is a copper shell. If you think verdigris/"copper rot" was bad, just watch what happens after a few decades of circulation. More info than you need to know... Edited by KurtS 02/09/2008 12:55 am Report this Post to the Staff
magusxxx Valued Member United States 306 Posts	Posted 02/09/2008 10:30 am It looks like a Zombie Pac-Man Report this Post to the Staff
NGiles Pillar of the Community United States 527 Posts	Posted 02/09/2008 11:49 am Deffinately corrosion. I have a few pennies that are hallow where the zinc has corroded out of the middle through small holes in the copper. It is very unlikely for a post 82 to look like this. I believe the coins in the link were pre 82 and were solid copper, which would make it possible for a distorted planchet. Your picture is a copper coated zinc planchet. If there had been a distorted zinc planchet, the distortion would also have been covered by copper. Here is a pic of similar corrosion. Report this Post to the Staff
livingdinasaur Pillar of the Community United States 1571 Posts	Posted 02/09/2008 12:19 pm It looks like a page from history, (TV type programming), such as the "self destructing"sdocuments used there. Our early "zinc cents" will eventually do the same thing, un less they are VERY well protected. Any hole in the copper, no matter how minute, will start this reaction, and that sopells the end of the coin, as such. Dick Report this Post to the Staff
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