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Old 12-30-2008, 04:40 PM   #8 (permalink)
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All valid points. However the plating is pure copper, which is relatively soft, while the earlier cents were much harder brass or bronze. It just seems to me that 25 years should be time enough for a few cents to have worn through their plating.
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