The doubling you see is from it being a zinc cent. To the right of the last column on the reverse is a plating blister.
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If she sent the cent to PCGS I'll bet their coin sniffer could detect the scent.
What does that zinc scent smell like? Lol, it’s a blister from the copper coating that will one day pop and turn into an ugly black spot. Darn...
Zinc rot causing a plating blister.
You are correct, but tell me why it isn't a plating blister.
It could also be a simple plating blister. It's a copper plated zinc cent.
84 zincoln... most likely a blister from zinc rot is my 1st thought
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@Jackflash Cents were not plated in 1953, so not a plating blister. In 1982 the mint changed cents to a zinc core with a micro thin plating of...
Its a pretty rare event yes your right and technically nothing is impossible,i found a nice rim burr on a zinc cent.
It's a cud Laminations occur when there are impurities or poorly mixed areas of the coin alloy. The core of the current Lincoln cent isn't an...
I agree with it being a plating blister where the underlying zinc has oxidized and "dissolved".
Zinc blister that popped
As long as the Zincolns are kept well protected, they will last very, very long. That said, I don't think they'll last as long as a solid copper...
Maybe in your neck of the woods, around here not so much I pulled some split plating Zilcolns that are still mint luster and the zinc is as...
Not sure but to me this looks like it was removed by some sort of a grinder. The marks are raised and indented on the zinc but not the copper...
Very true, I just can't imagine how it was done, lol. I wonder if it's possible to peel a cent starting with a plating blister?
It took a decade or longer for contractors to produce some decent copper-plated zinc blanks. The Mint used both good and bad and fed them into...
Thank you so much. Appreciate the crash course on the topic! Your awesome thank you!
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