1983 penny, no makers mark ,with 8 in date almost not readable

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Looks like either a die chip in the 8 or a gas bubble.

 

Dont know i will take better pic.

 

Looks like a plating blisters. These are very common on early Lincoln zinc cents. It could also be caused by the plating being breeched and the zinc underneath has started to corrode. Either way, it carries no premium over face value.

BTW: Nice Pictures

 

The closer picture looks like a die chip to me.

 

@Sparky75
No makers mark means that it was minted at the Philadelphia Mint. They didn't use a letter P Mint Mark until this year 2017

Looks like a Die Chip to me also. Nice looking but nothing major with no big premium.

 

Agree that it could be a chip, but I'm still leaning towards blister. The area is raised well above the 8 which means any chip would have to have gone deep to remove this much metal. I don't think that type of fracture would be likely to occur in this region, but, I've been wrong before.

Just my thoughts, and in the grand scheme of things, determining the root cause isn't really going to affect anything. @paddyman98 , do you have any die chips that are raised this high above the relief

 

What do y'all think about this penny and if you enlarge the picture you can see a 5 under the 8 and on the back the ST in states is half gone at the bottom

 

I think you should open your own thread. IMO
Dave

 

Sorry didn't know I was interfering I was actually trying to figure this site out and I saw someone talking about the same thing I had questions about

 

Impossible. As stated start your own unique thread.
Do not create over at the 'what's it worth' forum.

 

Gotcha

 

I see the shape he is referring to that looks slightly like a 5 or an S.
But its obviously PMD of some sort, just a scratch or whatever that sort of resembles a 5.

 

Thank you could you tell me where I need to go to find out more about the penny in coin talk so I don' interrut anyone else

 

ive got 1 just like that