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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dopeuser, post: 69838, member: 4130&quot;]I found this in with my change, I though it was really dirty, well it was at first, I used some hand soap and warm water, then I got a better look at it.</p><p>I&#039;m guessing maybe there was dust or moisture or something on the zinc before the copper plating? Don&#039;t know for sure.</p><p>Anyways its a 1997 Canadian one-cent coin. One of about 506,928,000 minted that year. This was the first year the Canadian Mint started copper plating zinc, instead of using 98% copper for the pennies.</p><p>So here&#039;s some pics, its basically just kinda ugly, like a penny with bad acne.</p><p>I&#039;ll hang on to it regardless of what its worth, but does this kind of &#039;error&#039; add to the value? (like 5 cents instead of 1 cent, hehe) And what would this kind of error be called?</p><p>Im new here so thanks for any help![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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