could this be a mint error?

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  1. Salvador Villalobos

    Salvador Villalobos Active Member

    1983 the year IMG_20201226_021318774_HDR.jpg
     
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  3. Heavymetal

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  4. Bradley Trotter

    Bradley Trotter Well-Known Member

    No, all you have here is a heavily corroded Lincoln cent that should be spent or redeemed at your local Coinstar machine. That's assuming that it doesn't get rejected.
     
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  5. cpm9ball

    cpm9ball CANNOT RE-MEMBER

    No! It is not a Mint error. The Mint creates all of their dies so the coins look like this.
     
  6. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    Beginning in 1982 the mint changed to a zinc core with a thin copper outer layer. These cents corrode from the inside out. You are looking at corrosion. Not a mint error.
     
  7. Spark1951

    Spark1951 Accomplishment, not Activity

    That is what is known as zinc rot. Did you weigh it? I’ll bet it weighs 2.5 grams. Because it is micro-plated with copper, the tiniest scratch or splitting of the plating exposes the zinc core and self-destruction has commenced. You are looking at, as others already identified, corrosion of the core, well advanced, and incurable. This is not a result of the minting process. It occurs after the coin has left the Mint = PMD.

    The Mint contracts with vendors to produce the blanks. They punch out zinc discs and then plate them and send to the Mint. The Mint upsets the discs (gives them rims) and are then known as planchets. 1983 was the first full year for Zincolns. There weren’t supposed to be any minted on full copper alloy, but several from both Philly and Denver have been found. Those are the ones worth searching for, but it’s like lottery odds of finding one.

    The good news is, from circulation, you can find and preserve/conserve Zincolns in good condition, although, it gets harder to do that every year. Zincolns were made to self-destruct (imo), a lot of folks don’t like them, and, consequently, don’t save them.
    ...Spark
     
  8. Mr.Q

    Mr.Q Well-Known Member

    Spark 1951 is absolutely right. The Zincoln coin is a total disaster in my opinion. Keep searching there will be better luck ahead. Happy New Year
     
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  9. Amos 811

    Amos 811 DisMember

    You think it left the mint like this?
     
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  10. Mr.Q

    Mr.Q Well-Known Member

    No it did not leave the mint that way. PMD (Post Mint Damage).
     
  11. Mountain Man

    Mountain Man Well-Known Member

    Is it April already?
     
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  12. mike estes

    mike estes Well-Known Member

    thats not a mint error. corroded
     
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  13. eddiespin

    eddiespin Fast Eddie

    If you seriously think that's an error Sal I hate to be the one to say but I think you need to find another racket.
     
  14. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    You need to research how coins are made if you're serious about that coin being an error.
     
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  15. thomas mozzillo

    thomas mozzillo Well-Known Member

    I have a feeling someone's playing with us.
     
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  17. Cazador

    Cazador Supporter! Supporter

    acid dipped! that’s from the 70s
     
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  18. LakeEffect

    LakeEffect Average Circulated

    Zombie thread. Salvador has left the building.
     
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  19. john65999

    john65999 Well-Known Member

    just going through about 120 old talks i nevr got around to reading when computer, (or i) was down, lol
     
  20. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    yup:

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