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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 8241663, member: 84179&quot;]It&#039;s a cud</p><p><br /></p><p>Laminations occur when there are impurities or poorly mixed areas of the coin alloy.&nbsp; The core of the current Lincoln cent isn&#039;t an alloy, it&#039;s 100% Zn.&nbsp; There is still the possibility of the zinc being contaminated, but you&#039;ve eliminating most of the potential for laminations by using unalloyed Zn.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Any separation between the zinc and copper would be a plating issue (plating blister), not a lamination.&nbsp; Also, I would not expect to find a lamination within the copper plating due to the thin layer (8 microns/0.0003&quot;) and if it did, I think it would be classified as a plating defect</p><p><br /></p><p>Technically, [USER=114675]@potty dollar 1878[/USER] is incorrect because it&#039;s possible to have a lamination on a zinc Lincoln cent, it&#039;s not very likely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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