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I am assuming this is corrosion, but just wondering...   |
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 Wow! That is quite amazing. The first layer of copper was stripped away and the zinc followed suit do to it's lack of protection from the elements. I am shocked that the thin layer of copper is still intact on the revere where'd ya get it? |
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Every week I buy a box ($25) of pennys from my local bank. They don't have very many NEW rolls of pennys, so I am lucky for that.
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Pillar of the Community
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Right...the Zinc always loses in the Cu-Zn galvanic reaction, or so I hear! (I'm not a chemist)
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A hole in that position is more common than you would think. It is caused by a split in the copper at the mint mark followed by zinc rot which eventually leads to the mint mark falling off.
Richard
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Pillar of the Community
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Take up metal detecting and you will see more corroded Zincolns then you can shake a stick at.
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Kinda Like This:-)  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Foundinrolls, do you detect? No doubt about it that is a metal detecting find there.
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I used to years ago, It's a little tougher for me now, I have a bum hip and the getting down and getting up is tough for me.
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Yuk! Nasty lookig coin ya got there Bill.  |
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Zincolns
Nicel play on letters. I thought at first it was an error, but you used two different areas of the keyboard. Zinc was the key word. Made my day. |
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This coin looks as if it was shot by a small caliber weapon causing a gouge? Note that it nearly went through! Like William Tell. It's sort of like an asteroid hitting the moon causing a crater with an overlapping perimeter.
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02/11/2008 12:22 pm
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Coop, I can't take credit for "Zincolns" I read it on a metal detecting forum and it stuck with me! I also like "Can Slaw" which is the little pieces of soda/beer cans that have been chewed up by a lawnmower. 
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02/11/2008 3:49 pm
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