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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tommyc03, post: 3018009, member: 17665&quot;]Copper plated cents are and have always been an issue from the start. This is why Zincolns will never stand the test of time. But also, if you are fortunate enough to find early examples or early strikes of older coins, before the dies show excessive wear , you are likely to find better examples still in circulation provided they have not been beat to death from use. It seems you are just having the bad luck of finding older coins that are more worn. Even coins in mint older sets were nothing worth writing home about and they were supposed to be better coins. Better coins are found in mint sets today overall because of better quality control, with the exception of Philly as are better business strikes found in circulation. I picked up&nbsp; early dated boxes of both P &amp; D 2017 cents and they were already showing die deterioration problems.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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