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<p>[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 844196, member: 16510"]Okay so be it.</p><p>I went and looked at the photos again carefully.</p><p>So if it's not a form of zinc rot, plating lift, corrosion, what is it?</p><p> </p><p>We have to go by what we learn and know and finally "the minting process", right?</p><p> </p><p>So we have a 1983 copper coated zinc cent right? We know that the first 3 to 5 years there were a lot of problems with the coatings adhering properly right and tons in the first full year to say the least right?</p><p> </p><p>We know it (the raised area) does not in size or shape resemble a letter or number so it's 99% sure it's not a dropped letter right?</p><p> </p><p>It's not portion of another design element as it really looks kind of random in shape and configuration right?</p><p> </p><p>We know that if (as it is big and raised, noticable) it not most likely a portion of the finished working die or working hubb as it would have been caught, right?</p><p> </p><p>It's not in any way associated with any kind of mechanical doubling right?</p><p> </p><p>It's not a post mint addition as it is to cleanly placed right between the date's numbers and disturbed (very little) no other devices, right? It could possibly be a small piece of metal, or staple that was stuck to the zinc core and then coated with copper I guess but if so it would never appear this high and rasied. The very fact that it has peaks and valleys suggest it is coming from below, underneath and pushing up - a small metal piece would not be capible of doing that right?</p><p> </p><p>Finally we can think of no other portion of the minting process that could have caused this, right?</p><p>And if nothing we can think of in the minting process, AND a first year copper coated zinc planchet then what most likley is it?</p><p> </p><p>I hope that was nice, not to blunt and friendly, probing but kind, poitically correct and not rude and oh so very nice,[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 844196, member: 16510"]Okay so be it. I went and looked at the photos again carefully. So if it's not a form of zinc rot, plating lift, corrosion, what is it? We have to go by what we learn and know and finally "the minting process", right? So we have a 1983 copper coated zinc cent right? We know that the first 3 to 5 years there were a lot of problems with the coatings adhering properly right and tons in the first full year to say the least right? We know it (the raised area) does not in size or shape resemble a letter or number so it's 99% sure it's not a dropped letter right? It's not portion of another design element as it really looks kind of random in shape and configuration right? We know that if (as it is big and raised, noticable) it not most likely a portion of the finished working die or working hubb as it would have been caught, right? It's not in any way associated with any kind of mechanical doubling right? It's not a post mint addition as it is to cleanly placed right between the date's numbers and disturbed (very little) no other devices, right? It could possibly be a small piece of metal, or staple that was stuck to the zinc core and then coated with copper I guess but if so it would never appear this high and rasied. The very fact that it has peaks and valleys suggest it is coming from below, underneath and pushing up - a small metal piece would not be capible of doing that right? Finally we can think of no other portion of the minting process that could have caused this, right? And if nothing we can think of in the minting process, AND a first year copper coated zinc planchet then what most likley is it? I hope that was nice, not to blunt and friendly, probing but kind, poitically correct and not rude and oh so very nice,[/QUOTE]
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