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Can anyone identify this error?
Vulpes
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Hello! New to the forum and I have a question to ask...
I purchased this set on eBay because of the error on the 1982-D Zinc Small Date. It seems that plating errors on the early zinc cents are fairly common but this coin has lines that look more like a retained cud though bubbles or 'pimples' seem to be present also. I can't find an example on the internet that looks even remotely similar to this. I'm considering sending this coin for grading as it is well struck, fully red and the only mark is on the obverse outside of the focal areas. I think maybe a 66/67 grade. Anyway, are there any error experts that can attribute this one? I apologize for the poorly lit picture. The error looks far more pronounced in hand.
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Very interesting. Not sure if it is a cud. My guess is plating issue or major die polishing gouges. Experts will undoubtedly weigh in.
Looks like the copper plating isn't bonding well to the zinc core.
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I would spend it and the one showing below also.
@Vulpes Don't listen to the dime collector. While not worth much, the bottom coin is neat! The top one looks stained
I'm definitely keeping the bottom cent even if it isn't anything special. I just think it looks cool. You are correct about the top one though. It looks like Lincoln is smoking! Probably a spender...
I was just trying to save him some money.
Looks like Lincoln is enjoying a bratwurst
I think he owns the coins already.
Indeed! I don't mind 'losing' a few bucks (which is what I spent) on an interesting coin. It's kinda what we all do as coin collectors really.
I'd pay a few bucks for that coin easily.
I like the bottom coin.
I was referring to grading fees.
@DIMEMAN said: "I was referring to grading fees."
@Vulpes, Now you should do what Dimeman says and don't send it in to be graded.
Thank you for the advice. I mean it! I'll probably put it in an album and save myself the $30 bucks or so.
I agree... the coin is a keeper as a curiosity or teaching tool... not worth grading though. Cheers, RickO
The bottom coin has very nice plating bubbles and IS a very cool error coin.
The bottom coin is one of the most extreme plating error coins I have seen. It is worth saving as an example of the plating problem that affected many of the cents from the period following the cent composition changeover in 1982.
I remember when the mint changed the cents from copper to copper plated zinc in 1982. They had all kinds of problems with the plating bubbling on the cents. They eventually figured out how to correct this problem.
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"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I am assuming that since the surface of the planchet would have been flush against the die when struck, that any bubbles, lines, etc. popped up after striking, and are unsupported underneath?