Hope everyone's having a great day! While roll hunting, I came across a few cents that I'd like to get some expert feedback on starting with this 1983 Lincoln Cent. On the obverse, there are all these bumps/dots throughout the coin, if you look closely the right half of Lincoln's bow tie is completely missing, and the obvious, coin is slightly off center to the right. On the reverse, the "E" in e pluribus is hardly visible. Is this simply a weak strike plus wear or is this also an error on the reverse? I've got two more cents that I'll post separately next. As always, thanks in advance for everyone's skilled knowledge and explanations.
Maybe a greaser or polished the die too much. I find that alot searching cent rolls - right back into the spend jar they go!
That's called plating blisters - a problem that sometimes occures when the zinc coin is getting it's copper plating. Don't know exactly how it happens (air getting trapped under the plating?) but you can google it or read this article: http://www.error-ref.com/blisteredplating/
And the slightly off Obverse is from a misaligned die (MAD) http://coinauctionshelp.com/misaligneddiesminterror.html#.VvWLXstZ3HM
As Markus explained and very common on the early Lincoln zinc coins. Not really collectible though unless it's your cup of tea.
Copy that, guys. Won't even bother asking about the missing half of the bow-tie. I'm going to keep this one simply because I like the coloring on it as well as the blistering. If nothing else it's a cool conversation piece. Thanks again for the knowledge transfer!
