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1985 One Cent Need Help Damage?

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newcoin
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Hey guys looks like 8 on top of I in LIBERTY. Is this just another damaged coin?
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That is what happens when there is a small hole in the copper plating and the underlying zinc starts to deteriorate. This one is a spender!
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Just zinc rot.
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1985-One-Cent-Need-Help-Damage?
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Yep, zinc rot.
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Yep, it's Zinc Rot setting in, do to the Copper plating breaking, exposing the Zinc core. Air reaches to the exposed Zinc, and it starts to rot.
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