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THE PENNY MAN
12-03-2008, 09:57 PM
I just found this in a roll just a few minutes ago.

kloccwork419
12-04-2008, 03:56 AM
A burst bubble gone worse!!!!!!!

THE PENNY MAN
12-04-2008, 07:35 AM
Is that a copper planchet because it does not look like ZINC!!!! planchet?

CCC
12-04-2008, 05:42 PM
Zinc has a funny way of changing colors when it is exposed to the enviroment. I don't know the exact make-up of the Planchlets but it's not pure Zinc.

1sgret
12-04-2008, 05:46 PM
The composition of a 1991 cent : The core is 99.2% Zinc, 0.8% copper with a plating of pure copper. Weight is 2.5 grams. (Copper Plated Zinc)