1981D Exposed Zinc Plating Test Subjects

Punch profile page and this is what you get:

https://www.cointalk.com/members/bobs-tavern-arm.104407/

Now, he’s gone. I suggest we count our blessings and talk about coins.

 

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FYI, (adding for those internet searches)

The aforementioned New York Times article quotes a Robert J. Wardell, president of the Copper Fabricators Council (NOT the US MINT). Mr. Wardell Supported the Brass Industry and was fighting the switch from brass/copper to zinc as that would reduce the demand from the brass/copper industries.

The Copper Fabricators Council did their own "salt spray" tests on similar scratched NON MINT rounds.
And never recommended licking as a method of testing. In short, their conclusions were that the switch to zinc would not save money and the US MINT should continue to use brass rounds.

Non US Mint copper plated zinc rounds were easy to obtain. The US MINT received testing rounds from a variety of suppliers including the Royal Canadian Mint.

The US MINT ran extensive testing in house of non-sensical rounds including surface sanding, and exposing to steam, etc etc. But *NEVER* had a "lick" test and never on any currency similar rounds.

Also, if you need zinc, go buy some vitamins.

 

I was actually at Stateville in the late 70's. Of course as a visitor, not an inmate. My local Jaycee chapter was going to visit the prison chapter at the nearby minimum security prison. Due to some trouble there the warden made arrangements for us to visit the chapter at the big house. It was a butt puckering experience to say the least.

 

Stateville Correctional is right up there with the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola as places to avoid.

 

The guards led us through several cell blocks into a room surrounded by 4 concrete walls. One by one about a dozen inmates came into the room without any guards with them. After an hour or so the guards came back and got the inmates back to their cells and led us out. At each cellblock we had to show the guards our pass. One guy jokingly refused to open the cell door saying we looked like we belonged there. One of my fellow Jaycees didn't think that was very funny. He was very uncomfortable the whole time anyway. When we got back home we ended up closing a local bar.

 

Can we invite kurt back. He can't heip he's from Philly