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I keep seeing this term.
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Valued Member
United States
463 Posts |
lincoln cents dated after 1982 are made up of 97.5% zinc vs pre 82s which are 95% copper
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Actually, they are 99.2% zinc and 0.8% copper.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The core is 99.2% zinc and .8% copper with a 100% copper plating. The overall composition is 97.5% zinc 2.5% copper.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
625 Posts |
Zinclons...aka Ugly Abes - very prone to corrosion and missing chunks of copper coated zinc.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3278 Posts |
I think of them as Junkins
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The core is 99.2% zinc and .8% copper with a 100% copper plating. The overall composition is 97.5% zinc 2.5% copper. Duh, I see that now. I just checked the Red Book.  Thank you for the clarification. I will get the ambiguity corrected on the Coin Facts page.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They are flammable under high heat. My brother put one in his small kiln thinking he would enamel it. It caught fire with an intense green flame and he couldn't put it out.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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"Zincoln" is also a bit of a derisive term as well- they are very prone to galvanic corrosion between the copper and zinc which causes a Zincoln to rot away to dust  Bronze/brass Lincolns have a lifespan measured in decades while a Zincoln lifespan may only be measured in years(or months if it gets tossed in one of those wishing well fountains  ) |
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The core is 99.2% zinc and .8% copper with a 100% copper plating. The overall composition is 97.5% zinc 2.5% copper.
So then why doesn't everyone call the pre 82 cents something like Coppcolns? Or Lincoppers? Or Lincops?  And I wonder if that so called 100% Copper plating isn't really .999 % Copper. So then what? |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Because of the coincidence of the first four letters of the two words Linc and Zinc. A Zinc Lincoln, is a Zincoln.
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Because of the coincidence of the first four letters of the two words Linc and Zinc. A Zinc Lincoln, is a Zincoln.
But that is ignoring the Copper Plating. Therefore they should be called Copzincoln. |
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justcarl, sometimes you're funny...but today  |
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Because of the coincidence of the first four letters of the two words Linc and Zinc. A Zinc Lincoln, is a Zincoln.
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But that is ignoring the Copper Plating. Therefore they should be called Copzincoln. Or they could be Zincolners |
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Oh my... I can't get rid of my zincolns fast enough...
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Posted 03/07/2011 11:34 pm
