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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rascal, post: 1787261, member: 29239&quot;]what non cents forgot to tell you was that this is common for the copper plating to swell out like this. since 1983 our cent coins are the yucky zinc with a super thin copper plating. what happens is that around the date, mint mark and other details is that the copper plating will get a tiny crack in it during striking of the coins or maybe a scratch in the copper plating later on, this allows the zinc core to rot .</p><p>when the zinc rots it naturally swells out and pushes the copper plating out . if you look thru very many coins you will find them a lot worse than your coin. these are worth only one cent and some of them I find are not worth a cent because they fall apart from this yucky zinc rot. these have to be trashed because they are no longer a cent coin after they rot away too much.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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