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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;borgovan, post: 615681, member: 13016&quot;]Here we go. This may be what you have.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I thought the coin I had was 2000, but I could be wrong. It appears the coins were struck on planchets coated in brass, instead of copper. That&#039;s what gives them the dramatic color difference. This article makes reference to 1997-D coins; I don&#039;t know if this happened in other years. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This text is lifted from an eBay listing (<b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ms9bjp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tinyurl.com/ms9bjp" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/ms9bjp</a>) </b>:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><i><span style="color: #0000ff">Listed in the &quot;The 2008 Official&nbsp; RED BOOK ~ A Guide Book of Lincoln Cents&quot;</span> </i></font></font></p> </p></blockquote> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><i>Brilliant Uncirculated - fresh from original bank wrapped rolls</i></font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><span style="color: #ffd700"><b><i>GREAT COLOR - GREAT PRICE!</i></b></span></font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b><i>SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 100%</i></b></span></font></font></p> <blockquote><blockquote><p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><b><i><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="color: #ff00ff">QUALITY 2 Coin Set - Superb Color - Custom Labeled - Great Price</span></span> </i></b></font></font></p> </p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><blockquote><p><p style="text-align: center"></p> </p></blockquote><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><i>Offered is a custom labeled two coin set:&nbsp; one 1997 D Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) Lincoln Memorial Cent&nbsp; that has been struck on a &quot;brass plated&quot; planchet &amp; one struck on a normal red &quot;copper plated&quot; planchet. These anomalies were struck on yellowish / gold tone BRASS planchets, rather than the red &quot;copper planchets&quot; normally seen.&nbsp; You will also receive a 1997 D Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) Lincoln Memorial Cent&nbsp; that has been struck on a normal red &quot;copper plated&quot; planchet for comparison.</i></font></font></p> </blockquote> <blockquote><p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><i>The new 2008 Official &quot;<span style="color: #ff0000">RED BOOK</span>&quot; (A Guide Book of LINCOLN CENTS) states: (page #275) &quot;these light-colored&quot; cents were inadvertently made with about a 90 percent copper and 10 percent zinc coating (instead of 100 percent copper) due to zinc contamination of the copper plating bath for planchets.</i></font></font></p> </p></blockquote> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Verdana"><font size="3"><i>Reference to this error can also be seen in Ken Potter&#039;s &amp; Brian Allen&#039;s book titled &quot;STRIKE IT RICH with Pocket Change&quot; on page 199 &amp; page 254 </i></font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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