1984 Lincoln cent: PMD or misplaced MM?

Roll-searching today and found this 1984 Lincoln cent. Is this PMD or a misplaced MM? If misplaced MM, any value? Thanks, TC

 

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TC hard to tell with all the zinc rot but maybe.

 

Have you compared the could be mintmark with another 1984 D's mintmark?

 

Here is one I found online. TC

 

I think it's zinc rot.

 

Not sure, but I know it looks very interesting...

 

It has the appearance of a "dropped letter" maybe from the "of" on a reverse.
explained here
http://coinauctionshelp.com/droppedletters.html

Jim

 

That might just be what it is. Thanks for the link. It looks like either a D or an O. It is definitely NOT zinc rot. TC

 

I'm not trying to rain on your parade TC but the area in question looked raised to me. A dropped letter will be incuse. As far as it beng a mint mark , I just thought it highly unlikely that a mint mark being punched that far off location wouldn't have been caught and the die rejected before it ever went into use.


I've seen a lot of zincolns that have those doughnut shaped raised areas where you can see the zinc in the middle of them. That's why I thought it was rot.

 

I appreciate your opinion. I looked online for pics of zinc rot and it did not seem to look like what I found. Do you have a pic of zinc rot that resembles it that you can post or perhaps a link. Thanks, TC

 

The mint mark can't be there, it must be damage, a popped bubble?

 

I used to have a pic but I can't locate it at the moment. When I do I'll post it.

 

Couldn't find the pic but I found another cent. Hope it comes out big enough to see the "zits".

 

Zinc rot is nasty! I guess it could be that, although it seems odd that it is shaped like a D (or maybe an O) and located very close to where a MM should be on the coin. Thanks for posting. TC

 

As you can see in D.T.'s post, popped bubbles are roundish, D shapes are common.