1983 bubble penny massive is this a common error

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Ooooo don’t let that lincoln touch your other Lincoln’s that maybe contagious!!!!!


Plating issues....

 

Lol just had to post this contagious Lincoln never see one with that much before

 

That is weird and ugly and cool.

 

Check the weight, it might be zinc, copper or leather!

 

A much better than average example

 

That's funny.

 

You Cent has a plating issue. This is very common but yours has been taken to a higher level than most of them.

 

Yeah def..that's the next fn level of pimpling.haha

 

Some people collect these like this . I saved a few that is kinda extreme like this one.These are not from environmental damage , They came from the mint in this condition .

 

Thanks it really is covered thought it was unusual as far as that much on one coin becuse i have had other

 

These bubbled copper plating coins seems to be more common on the earlier copper plated cents. 1982 was the first year for this. It looks like the mint was having problems getting the plating right for a while.

 

FYI - The mint does not make the plated zinc blanks, it purchases them Jarden Zinc. I believe Ball Corp was the original supplier in 1982 before they were acquired by Jarden.

You are correct in that it took some time for Ball to get the bugs worked out of the high speed, high volume plating process

Just wanted to clarify the source of the plated blanks