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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 3425306, member: 77814&quot;]The US MINT &quot;redesigned&quot; the 1982 copper cent to the copper plated, zinc core with lower cost and fast production in mind.&nbsp; Period.&nbsp;&nbsp; As mentioned above, it&#039;s used for the money supply and in their analysis, if you &quot;collect&quot; you should be buying the Uncirc, Proof coins as per &quot;<u>their definition</u>&quot; are numismatic/collectable quality, not the stuff sent out in the money supply.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why ppl &quot;collect&quot; circulated pocket change befuddles many &quot;collectors&quot; but it is what it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>With post 1982 cents zinc reacts to steam .. think your wet clothes in the dryer with change in the pocket type steam.&nbsp; The US MINT has tested steam in order to make sure the penny blanks when they go through the cleaning and drying phase don&#039;t just burst in it&#039;s first drying phase.&nbsp; They do know they&#039;ll breakdown in multiple drying phases which will create other surface irregularities/anomalies as the pennies start to eat themselves in a cannibalistic manner.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheap &amp; Fast production with a certain longevity was the Main driving factors for zinc core pennies. &quot;Quality&quot; was &quot;good enough&quot;.&nbsp; If your cashier can recognize it as worth 1 cent after many years of use, then it was &quot;good enough&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>For more detailed information about this (and other stuff you really didn&#039;t care to know) you may want to visit this thread .. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alternative-metals-testing-for-us-coinage.333055/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alternative-metals-testing-for-us-coinage.333055/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alternative-metals-testing-for-us-coinage.333055/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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