What happened to this penny??

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fejjins Posts: 20 ✭

June 18, 2021 3:32PM in U.S. Coin Forum

came across this 1990 penny and not sure what happened.

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  JBK Posts: 17,879 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 18, 2021 3:33PM

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  Environmental damage led to zinc rot.

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  Jimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 18, 2021 3:55PM

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  Yep ... zinc rot

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  MsMorrisine Posts: 40,088 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 18, 2021 4:23PM

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  zinc corrosion

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  MarkKelley Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 18, 2021 4:25PM

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  Yep, just terminal corrosion.

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  airplanenut Posts: 22,766 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 18, 2021 4:27PM

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  It died and went on to a worse place

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  fejjins Posts: 20 ✭

  June 18, 2021 6:43PM

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  thank you

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  MasonG Posts: 7,589 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 18, 2021 7:00PM

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  Somebody dropped it into a port-a-potty and it somehow escaped.

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  ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 19, 2021 5:51AM

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  @fejjins.... Welcome aboard... Your cent has suffered severe environmental damage and zinc rot is progressing. Cheers, RickO

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  johnny9434 Posts: 34,112 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 19, 2021 8:38AM

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  spend it and welcome

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