A reader's antique store find something of a mystery

A reader found an unusual item in an antique store that no one quite recognizes. As Paul Gilkes writes in "Readers Ask," the collector found a small package dating to about 1982 that illustratesthe conversion to a new composition for the Lincoln cent that year. The item features an unplated zinc blank, a copper-plated zinc planchet, and a 1982 Lincoln copper-plated zinc cent. The packagewas labeled as being from Ball Metal & Chemical Division, the producer of the planchets.

Gilkes contacted several authorities, including Jarden Zinc Products, which was spun out of Ball some years ago. A firm spokesman said that no one at the company remembered the "fascinating"souvenir.

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Reader finds mysterious souvenir of zinc cent conversion in an antiquestore: Inside Coin World (https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2017/11/reader-find-mysterious-zinc-cent-antique-store-inside-coin-world.html)