So I dont have the 30 years of experience and maybe some one else will chime in with exp in Rockwell Tests. Also I dont have thw coin in hand....
Looks like a copper plating "blister" on the zinc one. Yes the date is different especially noticible on the 2. Wide AM is the norm.
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Very common linear plating blister. Zinc Cents are full of them.
zincolns are susceptible to a wide variety of problems from just being used and also from their basic manufacture, including (but not limited to)...
Yea, Meow is not thinking Meow hit the jackpot with this, but it is one of the heaviest zinc era pennies Meow has ever found. Even Cats dream of...
Sorry, but it's highly unlikely that this is a copper. An easy way to tell is to run it through a Ryedale sorting machine and see if it's copper...
from mid1982 on the cent was made with a zinc core, and a thin 8 micron thin plating. Zinc reacts to steam ... like in your washer/dryer type...
The bottom of mm looks like it was subject to split plating. The zinc underneath has started to corrode and expanded causing the raised area. It...
Hi :) Imho, Looks like a plating blister. Common on the zincolns. copper-plated zinc cents from 1982 to the present. Blisters form during the...
Yes I agree. I know what plating blister is. I have tons of zincolns with plating blister. Thank you for your response as I said. It’s...
And that raised the question, how can this be the same coin? It must be two different coins, the obverse of a copper and the reverse of a zinc.
I agree about it being a plating issue. Cents have only a copper wash now and zinc cents are nototorious for nastiness. Especially for metal...
basic things to know about zincolns surface https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/08/unexpected-bumps-on-coins-surfaces-vary.all.html 5....
chin is probably just mechanical doubling. some background info ... 1982 was a transitional year for the CENT. They went from basically a copper...
...a picture it is just a guess. Most likely scenarios are a zinc blister that looks something like an 8 or someone stamped it with a number "8"...
It is a copper plated zinc cent.. Could be a simple nasty plating issue. Blister or bubble.
FYI https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/08/unexpected-bumps-on-coins-surfaces-vary.all.html 5. Plating blisters Plating blisters...
I see something on Lincoln’s head. It’s either a die crack or a plate blister on the front. Plate blisters are simple issues with the copper...
We call them zlincolns for a reason. Zinc is soft and cheap and not good for a coin. They can rot in a few years, they blister, and do all sorts...
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