Can anyone tell me what is happening with these pennies? Is this a clogged die type thing, dropped letter? I coin hunt and find these quite often and not sure what to do with them. Your time and opinions are greatly appreciated.
Zinc deterioration,1992 not a CAM,what to do with them?You could keep them as learning examples or just put them in with your other average change.
I like to call it disturbed plating, I know that it doesn't follow the norm. Some of these disturbances could be called a filling attributed to the die.
You can’t blame the guy. I get stuck on those from time to time. Keep spinning them around just to make sure. CAM
What you have are zinc cents. That is a white metal but these zinc cents have a very thin copper coating. There are lots of signs for a die that had been overused and this is one of them. The zinc shows around the raised letters and numbers on the coin. The name of this is Split Plate Doubling but is very common and they are only worth face value. The best thing to do is keep a few of the nice looking coins with a strong amount of zinc showing and put them in a flip. Be sure to label them and use them as a reference or for educational purposes. Otherwise, spend them.
