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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3138645, member: 10461&quot;]This.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s hard to say what sort of environmental damage took the copper plating off.&nbsp; Probably something acidic, because whatever removed the copper took it off pretty evenly, which is a bit unusual.&nbsp; I&#039;d have thought maybe this happened from being in the ground, but in my metal detecting experience with buried zinc cents, they tend to become much more pitted and corroded than that.&nbsp; So I suspect acid, maybe.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s likely only worth one cent, but still an interesting find.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also voted &quot;9&quot; in the poll.&nbsp; For <i>both</i> &quot;9&quot; options.</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems the second &quot;9&quot; is in the lead. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(What do the nines mean?)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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