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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3065971, member: 10461&quot;]I concur. </p><p><br /></p><p>Zinc is a wretched metal for coinage.&nbsp; <font size="3">(The Nazis used it extensively during WW2 at&nbsp; home and in their occupied territories, so there ya go- one more bad association.&nbsp; Boo, Nazis.) </font> At least the US Mint has wrapped it in a thin copper outer layer for these post-1982 cents, but even then, its inner evil often shows through.&nbsp; This is what happens when that inner zinc core gets compromised.&nbsp; If you&#039;re a metal detectorist like I have been, you know all too well what terminal &quot;zinc rot&quot; looks like once a &quot;Stinkin&#039; Zincoln&quot; has been buried for a few months or years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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