Hey Everyone Got another penny I could use some help with. I think this penny has a lot going on but i'm not 100 percent sure. The zinc is showing In multiple places on the obverse side of the coin. It goes almost around the entire bust. It also is showing in front of Lincoln's eye. It's showing on the right side of all the numbers on the date. It's showing on left side of the letters in LIBERTY. It's showing on the left side of each letter in IN GOD WE TRUST. IN GOD WE TRUST also appears to have slight doubling. LIBERTY also appears to be slightly doubled. ( May not show too well in the picture). Any thoughts?
You're seeing split plating around the bust and letters where the zinc is showing. Your coin also has a lot of small plating bubbles Here is an explanation www.error-ref.com/?s=split+plate
Welcome to CT Chris. Thank you for posting FULL IMAGE photos, but a few would have been enough. Since the mint, in their wisdom, decided to use zinc, coated in copper, you will find infinite "anomalies" on them, which is why I don't spend any time looking closely at them, but that's probably just me.
Definitely a plating issue. or Lincoln has small pox I would say the blank wasn't properly rinsed before being plated.
hey chris jarrell welcome to CT. your coin shows a lot of plating blisters and SensibleSal66 post above shows you this issue very well check out this website to help you understand different types of errors. did me a lot of good and you will see it mentioned from time to time from other members - http://www.error-ref.com/. good luck to ya
