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What’s with all the bubbles on this 1982 d small date?
Cruzsr85
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Zinc bubbles. A common occurrence on zinc coins, especially in 1982 when they were first produced..
Ty
Common on the first zinc cents. Then the Mint began alloying a small amount of copper with the zinc before plating with pure copper. This mostly corrected the problem.