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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 3469124, member: 77814&quot;]the copper plating is 8 microns thin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many times it gets stretched and it may rip, which is what you are seeing.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]922667[/ATTACH]</p><p>A key indicator of &quot;split plating&quot; is you see a sliver of silver looking metal, which happens to be the zinc core.&nbsp; The copper plate has stretched and ripped open from the minting process thus exposing the zinc.&nbsp; Kinda like stretching thin aluminum foil, sometimes it rips and leaves a gap.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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