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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hookman, post: 3315047, member: 99642&quot;]Hi Abe, I don&#039;t think that is a mint error. It looks more like it was hit with something and/or zinc rot has started there.</p><p>Do you see the little &quot; pimples &quot;, lines and cracks scattered throughout the coin? Those are signs of plating blisters, sometimes caused by zinc rot under the &quot; skin &quot; of the coin.Starting roughly in mid-1982, Lincoln cents were made of zinc with a thin coating of copper. Zinc is very reactive to moisture and can form bumps, lines and even holes under the right (read that as wrong)circumstances.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, what you have there is referred to here on <i><b>Coin Talk !! </b></i>as DEFDAM (Definitely Damaged).</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for &quot; coining &quot; that term, paddyman ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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