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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jallengomez, post: 1794994, member: 19748&quot;]That&#039;s correct, and I think part of what we see on steel cents is corrosion of the zinc, but also the layer was so thin that it easily wore off, and because the edges of the planchets were not coated, this allowed for easy penetration of moisture, etc.&nbsp; In &quot;The Complete Guide to Lincoln Cents&quot;, David Lange states that, &quot;A worse combination of metals for coinage could not have been devised by a madman...&quot;.&nbsp; It might work fine for nails, but not particularly well for coins.&nbsp; Of course, I&#039;m no chemist, and neither was Lange, but what I do know is that regardless of the mechanism, steel cents get ugly real quick from rust and corrosion.&nbsp; Along with other problems, this was one reason they were so unpopular with the public.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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