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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 8631230, member: 27832&quot;]These make me wonder -- are split-planchet errors known for Zincolns?</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know whether the planchet production process would let a zinc blank split and <i>then</i> get plated, or split <i>after</i> plating, and still make it to the Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know whether a partially-split zinc blank could get a copper coating <i>inside the split</i> and still make it through. (I&#039;m <i>pretty</i> sure they&#039;re plated AFTER being punched from the stock, otherwise we&#039;d see zinc on the edge and they&#039;d all rot away even more quickly.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d expect zinc stock would be less prone to splitting anyhow, but it shouldn&#039;t be impossible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anybody else know?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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