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<p>[QUOTE="PlanoSteve, post: 3792576, member: 91609"]He was going for the Princess Leah thing! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>No seriously, you have, unfortunately, a zinc cent. These are notorious for corroding from the inside out. Do you see on the pic of the reverse (shield side), the area @ C & E of cent, where its dark & apparent pin holes. That's where contaminants such as water can enter & cause corrosion (& zinc corrosion can be some of the worst), creating a bulging out of the thin copper plating on the coin. The C & E should be exactly opposite that area on Abe's head. Interesting effect, right?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PlanoSteve, post: 3792576, member: 91609"]He was going for the Princess Leah thing! :D:D:D:eek: No seriously, you have, unfortunately, a zinc cent. These are notorious for corroding from the inside out. Do you see on the pic of the reverse (shield side), the area @ C & E of cent, where its dark & apparent pin holes. That's where contaminants such as water can enter & cause corrosion (& zinc corrosion can be some of the worst), creating a bulging out of the thin copper plating on the coin. The C & E should be exactly opposite that area on Abe's head. Interesting effect, right?[/QUOTE]
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