Whats up with this 1984 D penny?

My uncle wants to know if there is any value in this.

 

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I don't think so. Looks like that zinc eating disease got into a tiny space behind/next to the MM and went to work.

 

yep sorry. It's corrosion, no added value.

 

Thanks

 

I agree with above. Noost has a great example of this. The 82 "snowman"

 

IDK, I think the snowman is a true DD :goofer:

 

LOL you might think with all the trouble it started.

 

UH.....oh...never mind :}:}:}

 

1984 Penny

I know hardly anything about coins ... However, I have a 1984 penny too with almost the same kind of markings (holes) right below the mint mark "D" and a kinda of opening as the picture shown in the inside of the "D." If the 1984 penny this individual showed has some kind of zinc disease, how does it explain almost the same type of markings on my 1984 penny? I'm not able to post a picture at this time (my kids have the camera with them), however, I'll be happy to post pictures tomorrow.





Thanks.

 

Hi,
Often when the zinc cents are struck, the die cuts through the plating around the mintmark or other features.

When the copper plating is compromised, the zinc underneath begins to corrode.

Since it happens to the same places on many coins of many years, particularly around the mintmarks, the damage looks the same on many coins.

It's corrosion.

Thanks,
Bill

 

I've got one with the exact thing too.

 

When the coin was struck - the copper plating was compromised at the base of the mint mark - gas got between the plating and zinc core - the gas expanded due to the heat and formed a bubble. That is my guess.

 

I'm going to look through my 84's but I do believe I have the exact same thing with the same mark on the four in the date !

 

Sure does look like it though

 

It's not doubling because if you look at the back side of the "D" it looks like a backward "c". This is not doubling. Sorry.