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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 4304653, member: 66&quot;]OK! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the shell casings were 50 caliber shell casing not artillery, and additional copper was added to the melt to bring the overall composition back up to 95% copper 5% zinc.&nbsp; So the shellcase cents were not 70% copper 30% zinc, they were nearly the same as the pre-war composition.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the lines seen in the first images, I would suspect planchet/roller striations.&nbsp; Note the lines run straight across the coin on both obv and rev, and they are on both the fields and devices.&nbsp; The line are running on the obv from top left to bottom right.&nbsp; Now the lines run the same way on both sides of the strip, but when you flip the coin for coin orientation the lines will now be running from bottom left to top right, just as they do on the OP coin.&nbsp; I doubt someone with a wire brush would get the lines straight and running in the proper direction on both sides of the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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