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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SmokeMonkey, post: 332249, member: 6459&quot;]but many of the smaller pits are still covered by copper.&nbsp; now i know what happens to zinc when it rots, it turns into an ugly powder and expands like water soaked wood. the plating would then come off eventually THEN you see a pit with no plating.&nbsp; i have pits with plating and even larger pits with some plating going into the larger pits.&nbsp; uncharacteristic of what these zincolns usually do.&nbsp;&nbsp; thats why i posted this, it doesnt exhibit the normal pattern of zinc rot.&nbsp; if it did i wouldnt have bothered anyone about this.</p><p><br /></p><p>every cent i see with zinc rot has had clearly defined open wounds in the copper.&nbsp; this one does not.&nbsp; MAYBE its the exception rather than the rule.&nbsp; i dont know.&nbsp; i would like someone else to look at it up close or a few people if possible.&nbsp; its just a cent and im not expecting anything over it but if its a planchet problem then its just a cool find for me and i want to keep it.&nbsp; its not like the mint inspects every planchet one at a time so its possible this is just a bad planchet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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