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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 25594123, member: 90692&quot;]Being serious, not flippant or dismissal….</p><p><br /></p><p>You can start with a defective planchet that makes its’ way through the stamping press and then suffers PMD in various forms.&nbsp; The PMD comes in a cornucopia of possible sources including intentional alteration and normal wear (exposure to human hands and atmosphere).</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember we are talking about putrid Zincolns, which should never have been a viable choice of coinage in the first place.&nbsp; The 1943 zinc-plated steel cents proved it was a poor choice, and any zinc coin (Germany and others since) have also been dismal failures as circulation strikes.&nbsp; The high-grade survivor zinc coins from all countries who produced or are still producing them are those that have been recipient of heroic preservation, and, by this I mean protected or conserved and removed from circulation before they were damaged.</p><p>…imho…Spark[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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