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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kimster, post: 1126285, member: 29093&quot;]<font face="Tahoma">I&#039;m a metal detecting hobbyist. My usual routine is to sort the pennies I find, tumble them, and then sort again into zinc and copper. My intention is to simply save the coppers for some future disposition, without any real idea of what that “disposition” is (I inspect the coppers for date only, just as a matter of interest). The zincs I throw into a container and save with the intention of attempting to turn them into the treasury for replacement with undamaged currency (all my zincs come out of the tumbler with some degree of damage. Most are already corroded and damage. Those that are not already damaged suffer some level of&nbsp; copper plating removal…who cares…they’re “stickin’ zicons”). </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Tahoma">So, I was surprised to discover the coin pictured here when sorting after cleaning. It looks like a rather significant minting error. I don’t know as I’m not really a coin collector. Maybe there are lots of these in circulation. However, I have probably destroyed some level (big time) of its value by cleaning it and exposing the zinc, if it was valuable. Can anyone comment on this coin?</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Tahoma">The coin had already suffered some damage when I found it as can be seen at the edges of the coin. It&#039;s a 1971, D.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Tahoma">[ATTACH]114031.vB[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Tahoma">[ATTACH]114032.vB[/ATTACH]</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Tahoma">[ATTACH]114033.vB[/ATTACH]</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Tahoma">[ATTACH]114034.vB[/ATTACH]</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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