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1991 Lincoln Penny With "O" Imprint

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Please help if possible. Found this in a bag of change and have not been able to find anything like this.
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Hello,and to CCF...I'd say it's safe to spend..looks like zinc rot to me...cents from 1983 to present are made with a zinc core plated with copper. You can search zinc rot will show several examples
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To CCF! Just zinc rot unfortunately setting in, from the Copper plating getting pierced. It's Post Strike Damage ( PSD). Worth 1 cent.
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Thank you for helping. I've tried looking at photos but can't seem to find any that look quite like numbers or letters. So I magnified by 30 to see if this helped any to rule that out or further support. Thank you so much.
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It was a zinc gas bubble that grew and then popped, much like a pimple.
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Thank you for helping. I've tried looking at photos but can't seem to find any that look quite like numbers or letters. So I magnified by 30 to see if this helped any to rule that out or further support. Thank you so much.
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That's kind of cool, really. Reminds me a little of the T1000 thrashing around in the molten steel in "T2".
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Any split/poke though the plating will cause what you are seeing. The zinc gets air, its the beginning of the end for that coin.
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