As if the Zincoln Needs More Derision

MsMorrisine · January 1, 2015 5:09AM

Eat enough of the zinc away and it begins to float - weight 0.26 grams (about 0.20 zinc weight)

one end was floating today.

Can the whole thing float? Yes:

black specs are the post-reaction zinc after I cleaned it out to weigh it.

lasvegasteddy · January 1, 2015 5:11AM

<< <i>Eat enough of the zinc away and it begins to float >>

lol...sweet n thanks for sharing this great info too

MsMorrisine · January 1, 2015 5:13AM

it's life changing

luckily the mint is steering away from the plated options in their 2014 biannual report to congress.

OldEastside · January 1, 2015 5:15AM

Inflationary Coinage, what'll they think of next

Steve

lasvegasteddy · January 1, 2015 5:19AM

<< <i>it's life changing >>

or gravity is losing it's strength (the earth is sucking less

)

at least that's what daddy told me gravity was...the earth sucks

CuKevin · January 1, 2015 11:53AM

Try making a small hole in the copper plating and then soaking the coin in muriatic acid. This will preferentially eat the zinc core and leave the copper plating shell.

MsMorrisine · January 1, 2015 12:00PM

This is a regular cent with no attempt to put a hole in it

It's been soaking in vinegar.

I figure one or two more soaks and the zinc is gone.

The copper alone should be about 0.06g

ricko · January 1, 2015 12:03PM

Things to do with boring coins.... Or things for a bored coin collector to do.......

Cheers, RickO

As if the Zincoln Needs More Derision

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