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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2337895, member: 24314&quot;]Yeah, I guess you are right, who cares.&nbsp; Back in the 1890&#039;s when some kid carved up a circulated 1793 Large Chain cent because: Who Cares?&nbsp; I&#039;m one of those &quot;sappy&quot; old guys that cares about all coins - especially those I perceive as useful for more than a piece of bubble gum (those were the days - 1c gum and a 25c Saturday movie. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Just saying...</p><p><br /></p><p>One day very many zinc cents will show &quot;rot.&quot;&nbsp; This coin is not one of them - Yet.&nbsp; It is a great example of a BU cent with &quot;occluded gas bubbles.&quot;&nbsp; Thus, in a seminar, it would fall into the &quot;Characteristics found on genuine coins&quot; category.&nbsp; Additionally, many &quot;new&quot; students in an authentication seminar would guess the coin was a &quot;cast&quot; counterfeit if asked if were real (because of the raised, round, bubbles that are often found on fakes).&nbsp; That is why IMO it is a great teaching coin.&nbsp; Perhaps, I&#039;ll get one like it in change and can follow my own suggestion.&nbsp; This one is a beauty![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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