Posted 01/16/2020 08:51 am
KM# 9a 1941, zinc.
MS-63, however,
raised lumps under surface (obverse), suggest sub surface zinc corrosion, which could severely affect it's value.
Zinc rot is a major problem with U.S. copper plated zinc cored Zincolns
PCGS World Coin Values lists this coin in MS-63 at $125.
In MS-63 is rare, because almost all of them must have suffered from corrosion. They were replaced, or at least supplemented, in circulation with a brass 1/2 Piastre with center hole, (KM# 11), of rather crude manufacture in 1941, but not bearing a date.
MS-63, however,
raised lumps under surface (obverse), suggest sub surface zinc corrosion, which could severely affect it's value.
Zinc rot is a major problem with U.S. copper plated zinc cored Zincolns
PCGS World Coin Values lists this coin in MS-63 at $125.
In MS-63 is rare, because almost all of them must have suffered from corrosion. They were replaced, or at least supplemented, in circulation with a brass 1/2 Piastre with center hole, (KM# 11), of rather crude manufacture in 1941, but not bearing a date.
