Is this a damaged planchette? - 1993 Lincoln cent

Looked interesting as it is behind/under everything. Curious to learn what this is.

also, what’s everyone’s thoughts on overall quality/condition?

 

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I'm going to say Linear Plating Bubble.
When the Blank Planchet was struck the raised areas were shaped normally and the plating issue does not show.

 

looks like a plaiting blister or bubble.

 

I beat you to it.. I knew you were about to comment!

 

Overall quality? It's a Crappy Zincoln! Need I say more?

 

It maybe die scratch from a feeder finger. It appears to uniform for a plating blister to me. JMHO
http://www.error-ref.com/accidental-die-abrasion/

 

My second thought was that. But in my experience Die Scratches are smaller and linear blisters are larger.
It's a Copper Plated Zinc Planchet so it is more likely a blister.
IMHO

 

... and spelling counts. Plaiting is braiding and plating is something else. j/s

 

Okay. Back to the bank it goes lol. Thank you for all the info and references.

 

It’s a linear die dent.

 

I’d keep it. It’s one of these...

 

In this situation I actually think Eddie is right on this one

 

I'm going with Die Scrape - Die Scrapes (error-ref.com)

 

We just can't get along how come they all basically look the same!!!!I'm out why do they have to have a billion different types of the same thing.

 

It is interesting that things do appear the same. But there are subtle hints as to why it might be one thing over another. Honestly though, it is amazing how we arrive at our conclusions. And it gives folks the opportunity to expand their knowledge of things and how an error might occur.

 

So, I will relocate it and hold onto it lmao haha.

this was a solid thread for sure haha. I agree, there’s too many varieties of the same stuff.

 

That's a keeper!

 

Well that in itself is at least some recommendation (lol).

 

I truly feel it could either be a die dent or a die scrape.

how Do you accurately separate the two

 

What I've noticed is that sometimes one error that looks like another is a symptom of a separate/different event. For example, position of an error (face of a clock) might lend to a similar looking outcome being one thing over another. And that fact may not rule out the other cause factor...it might just suggest it's more likely the other.