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<p>[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 717066, member: 12789"]I can even look at the reverse of the cents and tell you which ones are copper and which ones are plated zinc. The post 1982 cents have a lower relief both front and back and stand out after you look at a lot of cents. I have no idea how many cents I have gone through, but it has to be in the neighbourhood of a quarter million or so over the past couple of years.</p><p><br /></p><p>The finds can be like a hitting a lottery, earlier this spring I found a 1979 with a pronounced cud on the obverse of the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 717066, member: 12789"]I can even look at the reverse of the cents and tell you which ones are copper and which ones are plated zinc. The post 1982 cents have a lower relief both front and back and stand out after you look at a lot of cents. I have no idea how many cents I have gone through, but it has to be in the neighbourhood of a quarter million or so over the past couple of years. The finds can be like a hitting a lottery, earlier this spring I found a 1979 with a pronounced cud on the obverse of the coin.[/QUOTE]
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