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1983 Penny Is This Clipped?

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 Posted 07/04/2025  10:45 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add hankp1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
is this coin clipped or damaged?
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 Posted 07/04/2025  11:03 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add snafu0571 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like zinc rot to me
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 Posted 07/04/2025  12:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Damaged from zinc rot setting in. PMD. Not an error. Here's what a legitimate Clipped Planchet looks like. https://www.error-ref.com/_curved_clips_/
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 Posted 07/04/2025  1:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sharks to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@hankp1 - - Looks like advanced zinc rot. Just a damaged cent.
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Has been attacked by a metallic termite. (zinc rot, actually)
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