Ive searched a load of great links suggested from this forum and Im making my way around the steep error learning curve but this 1987 D penny has a list of issues that Im not familiar with and sorry a combination of iphone & a pretty bad USB microscope, the top of Lincons hair DD or MD ? loads of raised spots - corosion or something else ? S in STATES seems odd ? I look forward to any help please and Ill try to get some better pics asap
Yack indeed no bursting bubbles tonight pls Paddyman the raised spots - Plating blisters Occluded gas bubbles or Corrosion domes ? that aside theres a MD or DD IMHO or guestimate on the hair line ? NO
Ive got worse stuff by the bucket load - Possible example of a first attempt at a Hobo Penny ? Joking
You should know this by now. The hair is die deterioration. The rest is corrosion and damage. This is what you end up with…for goodness sake…it’s a stupid ZINCOLN.
SPark I did simply ask is the hair DD 0r MD (i dont pop up on CT making bold claims) im still getting to grips with the DD/MD thing and the letter S IMHO it appeared to be extended on the bottom. Im probably being over diligent at worst - Anyway a ZINCOLN's stuck in head now and in my cross reference collection so nothing simlar appears on CT again unless its purely for comedy value, Im sure all the constructive criticism will polish the rough edges off my basic knowledge of numismatics laying the groundwork for more insightful posts in the future
If it looks like something you could replicate on parking lot pavement or in a shop with a vise or pliers, then it is probably post-mintage damage.
@justyn p …I apologize if I seemed a bit harsh, but imagine my dismay when I, and other forum members, see repetitive posts of corroded, damaged zincolns by members who in the past have exhibited an understanding of them that precludes posts of them. I simply didn’t expect to see a question arise about this corroded, badly designed and hopeless slug. There exists for the moment untold billions of these artifacts. All of those still in circulation are in the process of disintegrating. Only those that are conserved have a ice cubes’ chance in Hades of surviving, and will be very scarce in the future. Please don’t misconstrue my meaning. Preserved Zincolns currently have a modicum of numismatic interest and many dates will attain collectability later on….much later on. But the vast majority of all of those minted will evaporate with time, if they haven’t already done so. The proof of this last statement rests in one recent observation: How many 1982 zinc pennies are you finding in circulation that have no corrosion on them? Here in the States that percentage comes close to zero. Globally, this percentage could actually be zero, for all intents and purposes.
MD and plating issues, as already mentioned above. Yet another example of why I don't even bother looking at cents minted after 1982.
