What's up with this 1982 copper cent?

Glue, glue and more glue .. Ya, thats glue too .. Lol ...

 

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The steps aren't part of it. What you see on the obverse is part of the roof structure, and those odd looking marks are just part of the debris that built up on the reverse die before it fell away. You can clearly see parts of the letters ONLY in the space between the columns.

Chris

 

Rick, I would certainly want a third party specialist examining it before messing with the coin. If it is a retained dropped element, and the OP fiddled with it, it could diminish the value.

Chris

 

Think about it Chris, whats the chances of the element falling in the field and not getting smashed into, or onto the rim, that would have to be one perfect size element to miss the rim totally ... I do agree with having an expert look at it . Mike Diamond where are you ..

 

At this point I have no idea what my coin is... but that's ok.

 

The part that is over the R. If you call that something besides steps, go for it. But the R is visible through it.

 

Is there any build up on the rim, where it touches the field from the element ...

 

Yes there is some build up actually. If you want I can post a picture of the rim tonight or tomorrow (probably tomorrow).

Edit: Well hold on, I looked at it closer and there doesn't appear to be build up on the rim. Sorry for the confusion.

 

Take a image or 2 tomorrow of what it looks like ..

 

As others have said, it's glue. The reverse of another cent was once glued to the obverse face.

 

Thanks Mike.

 

First, grease and debris build up in the recesses of the die until it is compacted almost as hard as steel. Then, it falls onto an incoming planchet where it is partially impressed into it. It's not so hard to conceive this happening.

I once searched a $50 Mint bag of 1980 Lincoln cents and found dozens of examples of debris that had fallen from the die and impressed into the planchet.

Chris

 

No disrespect intended Mike, but if it were my coin, I would prefer to have someone inspect it in hand and not just look at a photo. I'm probably wrong, but if there is the slightest chance that I'm right, it would prevent any damage to the error.

Chris

 

No offense taken. However, the OP reports that the affected area is raised relative to the surrounding normal design. That, plus the fact we can see LIBERTY through it, leaves no doubt in my mind that this is a patch of dried glue. I've seen countless other examples over the years that look just like this.

 

I will try to get the better pictures up in about 2 hours, sorry for the delay.

 

From my experience I would say glue as well.

 

Maybe you don't realize it, but Mike Diamond it THE expert on these. That is his column in Coin World.

 

Here are the long awaited pictures.

 

First picture is the best so far... to make me decide that it is glue. I see the shine of the lighting on the area that should be incuse but it's raised. Impression of another Cent!