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<p>[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 4885627, member: 84179"]Your initial instincts were correct about the quarter. It was damaged after it left the mint. This couldn't happen during the minting process.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cents are not defective planchets (unless you consider that the entire concept of copper plated zinc coins is defective <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). The top coin is suffering from zinc rot, where the plating is breached and the zinc starts to corrode. The bottom coin took some hits (bbs or something similar?) Regardless it is not an error[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 4885627, member: 84179"]Your initial instincts were correct about the quarter. It was damaged after it left the mint. This couldn't happen during the minting process. The cents are not defective planchets (unless you consider that the entire concept of copper plated zinc coins is defective ;)). The top coin is suffering from zinc rot, where the plating is breached and the zinc starts to corrode. The bottom coin took some hits (bbs or something similar?) Regardless it is not an error[/QUOTE]
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