1955-S Lincoln Wheat Cent / LWC Is This A Lamination Error, Die Crack Or Damage? I Can't Tell.

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ccobb Valued Member United States 485 Posts	Posted 10/03/2019 12:56 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 75376 Posts	Posted 10/03/2019 1:13 pm Looks like an Improper Alloy Mix error. http://www.error-ref.com/improper-alloy-mix/ Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
stoneman227 Pillar of the Community United States 2376 Posts	Posted 10/03/2019 3:08 pm Agree with E&V. That's probably a spot of unmixed zinc that has started to oxidize. This may be the only time I'll ever think of zinc rot as being rather cool ! Report this Post to the Staff
dbrablec Pillar of the Community United States 1944 Posts	Posted 10/03/2019 3:48 pm I am not sure how you suspect zinc rot on a 1955 copper cent. Report this Post to the Staff
stoneman227 Pillar of the Community United States 2376 Posts	Posted 10/03/2019 5:13 pm The copper alloy of this cent is 95% copper and 5% tin and zinc. Since this planchet suffered from an improper alloy mix it looks to me that a nodule of zinc remained unmixed and was rolled into a line by the rolling mill and has oxidized Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 10/03/2019 5:47 pm Stoneman nailed it. Likely tin as zinc, but certainly a keeper. Report this Post to the Staff
ccobb Valued Member United States 485 Posts	Posted 10/03/2019 7:48 pm Thanks everyone and thank you E&V for the link! Report this Post to the Staff
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1955-S LWC Is This A Lamination Error, Die Crack Or Damage? I Can't Tell.