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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3869034, member: 10461&quot;]I believe [USER=24633]@cpm9ball[/USER] was hatin&#039; on the <i>coin</i>, not the member.&nbsp; While the editorial use of the &quot;crappy&quot; adjective in his commentary was unnecessary, I do happen to agree that zinc Lincoln cents are, relatively speaking, crappy in comparison to the earlier bronze cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>Zinc is a subpar metal for coinage, even when coated with copper as our cents have been since 1982.&nbsp; Nazi Germany also used a lot of zinc in their wartime coinage and produced zinc coins in the countries they occupied.&nbsp; For the most part, those have not stood the test of time very well.</p><p><br /></p><p>But back to the topic at hand here: this coin is not an error but is, as mentioned, simply one which has suffered damage to the outer copper plating.</p><p><br /></p><p>So this earlier quote is technically accurate:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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