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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;alurid, post: 2656648, member: 81991&quot;]This is actually all to common with zinc cents. When a coin it stamped the metal has to move into the design on the die, this action causes the plating to go thin and allows the zinc underneath the be exposed to the salts of being handled by people.</p><p>I can see where the copper plating has peeled away from the mintmark.</p><p>Very good photos![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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