pitted pennies

[60sqbird]

I have been finding a lot of newer memorial pennies that are so pitted that you sometimes can't even see the date...what's with that....acid rain?

 

[mlayers]

cheaply made.

 

[trainer]

US government trying to keep as much money as possible by making money disappear

 

[ivan salis]

nope --since 1983 the cents are basically zinc slugs with a thin copper coating on them --once the coat breaks down the zinc core rots away rapidly --thats why we got "cancer eatten cents