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Originally Posted by just coins  Your coin like I mentioned before has a plating problem the fields have many gas bubbles on them Not an error sorry. I also,see the resembalance of a die chip near the three which is a minor error ,which I also said before.
Joe |
As "just coins" stated the raised dots are gas bubbles. The mint had problems with forcing the copper to adhere properly to the zinc core of the cent. Gas bubbles where often trapped under the copper plating on zinc cents creating raised areas on the surface of the cents.
Lou
