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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 710085, member: 112"]Copper is so reactive, and it's been so long since we've had this composition, that we have forgotten how quickly these coins can and will change. Even the mint forgot. I would even hazard a guess that many were not even old enough, perhaps even born yet, when we last had these to have ever noticed it.</p><p><br /></p><p>It takes very little for copper to turn brown, days even under the right conditions. I would guess that Billy's scenario is quite possible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 710085, member: 112"]Copper is so reactive, and it's been so long since we've had this composition, that we have forgotten how quickly these coins can and will change. Even the mint forgot. I would even hazard a guess that many were not even old enough, perhaps even born yet, when we last had these to have ever noticed it. It takes very little for copper to turn brown, days even under the right conditions. I would guess that Billy's scenario is quite possible.[/QUOTE]
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