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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jeankay, post: 335705, member: 12159&quot;]<b>Zinc cents / Steel Pennies 1943</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two zinc coated Lincoln cents in my hoarde.</p><p>One 43p is from a roll of uncirculated zinc.</p><p>The other coin which is much shinier is a reprocessed zinc.</p><p><br /></p><p>From what I understand, when the &#039;steel pennies&#039; came into the public they did not get a very warm welcome and were greatly rejected. Many of the coins wound up in bags in the far reaches of a bank vault or collectors hoards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometime later some private companies purchased a batch of steels and had them re-coated to make them bright and shiny so they could use them as bait for whatever they were selling. </p><p><br /></p><p>The original steels did get their share of oxidation even in bags in vaults, and some had gotten rusty. The companies were known to either clean or not clean the coin before re-coating. Either way the top layer would flake or peel away from the original coin leaving one with a very unpleasant little piece of metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to all the great coin collectors that know a great deal more about coins than I could ever learn on my own, I have been able to pick up on some of the little nuances of coins that shape my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>To all of you, &quot;You are greatly appreciated&quot;!</p><p><br /></p><p>jeankay[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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