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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 3265179, member: 20480&quot;]Your coin looks odd because it has worn through the copper coating to expose the zinc core . . . The Mint changed from making them of a solid bronze alloy to this much less costly copper plated zinc core to minimize their cost of putting new cents into circulation.&nbsp;&nbsp; Someday there will be lots of these, disclosing the ugliness of our short-sighted government&#039;s solution to the problem of trying to maximize &quot;profit&quot; on coining or printing our currency.</p><p><br /></p><p>While it&#039;s really called seniorage and not profit, no government should be making money on making money.&nbsp; They should be issuing currency with representative real intrinsic value instead.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding what it&#039;s worth . . . Just one cent in the government&#039;s eyes . . . Even less in my own.&nbsp; Sorry to burst your bubble.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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