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Valued Member
United States
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What is this condition called ? Is it special or a spender ? Thanks for your input   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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tt's called zinc rot and it's a spender.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Moderator
 United States
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Yes, even if that was trapped zinc dust under the copper plating, it would still be a spender for me.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19120 Posts |
Yes, zinc issues. Not uncommon in the early years of zinc core cent production.
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Moderator
United States
56855 Posts |
It is a plating issue, trapped debris most likely zinc dust.Spend it. John1  |
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United States
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That one is in particular bad shape. The zinc is rotting under the copper plating.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3535 Posts |
yeah that's a good example of poor planchet design & use by the US MINT.
It's funny they are still using this zinc core planchet for 30+ years, even though
it is defective.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36575 Posts |
Looks like a spender to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
73747 Posts |
Plating issues. A spender unfortunately.
Errers and Varietys.
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Valued Member
United States
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yeah that's a good example of poor planchet design & use by the US MINT.
It's funny they are still using this zinc core planchet for 30+ years, even though
it is defective. Shows to me that the mint doesn't take pride in the products they're releasing to the public. It's a shame. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Don't intend to be argumentative here... If the US mint did take 'greater pride' in its products, what would such products look like, what would their characteristics be, and would Mint operations (materials used and minting processes) be more costly? Just asking.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I think the mint takes considerable pride in all its denominations of 5¢ and up. It also put a great deal of effort into the 2009 Lincoln cents.
I think the only change they should make is to switch cents to a plated steel core, like the Euro cents. But there are probably many pocket lobbies that would block that move, including the people who make those penny stretcher souvenir machines for rest stops.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I do realize that the US Mint is working within a budget, limited budget to be sure, but the
whole zinc core cent idea was and is a bad one. They knew it from the start and kept using it.
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They knew it from the start and kept using it. And they do so at a loss.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like that coin is suffering from a severe case of acne. Have you tried Clearasil?
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