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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 4845794, member: 105098&quot;]Agree, plating problems and it&#039;s damage. you have split plating on the D mint mark, on the letters of in TRUST, especially the last T, in Liberty also,</p><p>and the 3rd picture, the large dark spot above the date, the copper plating has come off and you can see the zinc bubble that caused it to happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>there&#039;s no added value, just a damaged circulated cent in average condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ideally you would want these copper coated zinc cents of 1982 until now to have full complete plating and no bubbles. That would be something rare indeed! the strike of the coin causes the plating to separate around the devices a lot of times. if that happens, it&#039;s a matter of time before it looks like this. once the zinc is exposed, it oxidizes and it gets a thin layer of dust that can be knocked off or washed off if its carried and in circulation. each time the oxide gets knocked off more zinc is oxidized to try to protect the rest and it eats away at the zinc until there&#039;s none left.</p><p><img src="https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/MeowtheKitty/20180812_WIN_20180812_16_29_22_Pro.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/MeowtheKitty/20180812_WIN_20180812_16_29_44_Pro.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Not my pictures, just examples from the internet for educational purposes. But the D mintmark on this 1984 had split plating, the zinc started to rot under it, at some point the D will fall off and a hole will be there. same goes for around the rim/edge the zinc is also exposed. Also, same thing on the reverse plating is broken and the zinc is exposed, every touch, a bit of water will knock off the zinc oxide that forms over the zinc and more will be sacrificed.</p><p>eventually getting like this or worse:</p><p><img src="https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/spruett001/20170224_IMG_20170224_201123_DRO-2_opt.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So, it&#039;s a spender. even if it were some super rare coin variety of some sort of that date, it&#039;s got an expiration date with the exposed zinc and would be a really hard sell to any collector. Grading companies will call it damaged corroded also. Good question. Thanks for posting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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