1982 penny? what is this caused by?
Kealohi1
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it does have a dropped 8 but wth is the bubblng from
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Kealohi1
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Hard to tell, photos are blurry.
I would GUESS a plating bubble and a PSD hit. Certainly in the last photo the copper plating is flaking off revealing the zinc. Major risk of zinc rot eating away the coin.
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Plating bubbles on zinc coins has been seen occasionally... likely due to some surface impurities prior to copper plating. Cheers, RickO
Looks like environmental damage to me at least on the reverse. The bubbles by the date may be impurities in the metal but am still leaning towards the same as the reverse.
From the photos, the surfaces
of the coin are damaged - PMD
That includes the '8' you mention.
Although it looks like an 8, in the other
photos below it looks like two small hits
to the surface - optical illusion.
It's not a dropped letter error, imo
that has a lot to do with it
Except that copper plating bubbles have
nothing to do with the OP's coin.
Sorry Fred, having worked in metals plating for many years, that is what it looked like to me.... I know you are expert in this area... what is it?? Thanks, Cheers, RickO
RicKO, they're not copper plating bubbles;
they're hits on the surface of the coin, and
some other post-minting damage.
They are indentations, not raised 'bubbles'.
Aha! But Lincoln was shot in 1865 not 1982.
@FredWeinberg...Thanks Fred.... I looked too quickly... I appreciate the feedback. Cheers, RickO