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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 6501920, member: 90692&quot;][USER=118590]@PennyRich[/USER] ...the ridge ring is a hallmark of any overused die for lots of dates.&nbsp; Zincolns do not have a monopoly on ridge rings but they are so notoriously badly made their reputation suffers mightily.&nbsp; The granular surface on Zincolns, or perhaps the plating blisters, along with multitudinous problems with strike defects like split-plate doubling and scalloped letters and numerals would be better hallmarks.&nbsp; There are 2 reasons why this is so:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; The US Mint was trying to produce a cheaper cent, and man oh man, did they ever!&nbsp; In producing this cheaper, inferior cent, they had to change a lot of processes and getting their suppliers to learn how to copper plate zinc planchets took many, many years to do.&nbsp; They still make crappy coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; In tandem with making a cheaper cent, the Mint, loaded with freshly coated slugs, proceeded to crank out millions and millions of them <b><i>each year. </i></b> But, when a die pair wore out, they pushed the production beyond normal, resulting in prevalent strike errors and many a deteriorated coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>WYSIWYG. (What you see is what you get).&nbsp; There should be no surprise when you find one with a ridge ring.</p><p>...jmho...Spark[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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