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Message:: [QUOTE="waynegg, post: 1514079, member: 39774"]Thanks for the info Conder. A few follow up questions if you'll entertain them. The 1985. To my understanding, aren't the planchets run through a machine to give them a uniform width rolled edge around the coin before being struck into a penny? If you look at the enlarged picture and compare the width of the edge, the top edge is much thinner than the bottom edge and if you complete the circle from the width of the bottom edge to the top it correlates perfectly with the raised area where the "In God..." is printed. How is that die deterioration? Wouldn't that be an off center strike? Not that I'm arguing rarity, I just want an understanding of the terms. The 1990. I've had it for over a year. I've carried it with me every day I go to work, 5 days a week, as a lucky penny and it's gotten a few bumps and dings along the way and still nothing but zinc shows. No crappy plating peeling off. No copper showing through scratches. No evidence of chemical alteration. With zinc being a porous metal by nature, wouldn't the porosity evidenced by my scans be indicative of its legitimacy? And if it is real, just how rare would that be and how much would it be worth? Finally, who here is 1. trustworthy enough to send the dollar and the penny to be examined and 2. would actually be interested in doing so?[/QUOTE]