If I had to guess I’d say it’s a copper coated zinc cent from 1983 that has a common blister. Very common and only worth one cent.
What year is the coin with the divot? The edges remind me a lot of a plating blister that’s popped and the zinc below is rotting. That would be...
Yep. Plating blister, or some other symptom of zinc rot.
It’s a plating blister on a zinc cent. Very common and this particular one has been identified. Welcome to CT.
I fear that a lot of what we consider common sense is lost on the internet generation. Hard to acquire common sense unless you are out getting...
...one needs in order to know. I could see a vise job or even zinc blister pennies being something a bit challenging for the inexperienced. The...
That’s not a streak of copper. It’s the first full year of minting cents on a zinc planchet and putting a fine, almost nonexistent copper boating...
Over at the Error-ref.com website they are recognized as Planchet Errors You are here: Home / Plating Blisters Plating Blisters PART V. Planchet...
The copper plating was damaged enough to expose the zinc core. It's zinc rot or a corrosion blister.
That is most definitely a plating blister. This date is a zinc cent and it contains a very fine coating of copper. This is very common. Eventually...
Well, like the other one, it could be an unassigned variety, not much to go on. I suppose it could be minor clashing, but keep in mind it is...
Normal? U don't think this is a reverse of a 1989?
To me it looks like a normal zinc cent with a stain. Also looks like a plating blister on the reverse at 9:00.
Can't tell from a photo.
I call it a rim to rim die crack but I do wonder as it’s copper plated zinc. It just looks more like an die crack to me than a plating blister.
The bump near Abe's chin looks like a plating blister caused by zinc oxide under the plating. It is not considered an error, but just a defect....
Just a small plating blister. It’s a zinc cent wit a thin copper coating. This is very common.
Thanks so much I will put it in my spend pile.
Keep in mind that it is struck on a Copper Plated Zinc planchet. It is probably a Plating bubble/blister.
Plating blister, if I had to guess. These post-1982 zinc cents are terrible in terms of quality. In short, gas expands between the core and the...
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