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Valued Member
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Hello everyone, It's been awhile. Curious if you guys can help me with this one. I came across a nice 1983 Lincoln Cent and was looking it over after I placed it in a flip and noticed this weird error on cent. It's stamped on there and can be seen with the naked eye. The coin is in really good condition overall. Any advice/help on this would be appreciated. Thanks!    *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Moderator
 United States
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Looks like zinc gas bubbles to me. You should be able to pop them with a toothpick.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 That is the most likely explanation. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Valued Member
 United States
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Fuzzy317: That's what I was thinking at first. I've dealt with bubbles before on coins and popped them.
This one won't pop and feels solid like it was stamped on at time of press. I'm just not sure what would of caused it.
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Valued Member
United States
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I'm thinking possible die chip
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That's a Gas Bubble. This is very common on the 1983 Cents as the U.S. Mint was having problems with the Copper plating Zinc Planchets. These aren't collectable and is worth face value.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Tend to agree. Not all gas bubbles are fragile.
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Valued Member
United States
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Although the photos are hardly condusive, I'm leaning toward gas bubble mainly because of the two smaller glitches..
Are there gas bubbles elsewhere on the reverse..?
Can you post a more clear photo of both the object and the overall side..?
Swamp
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Valued Member
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Let me know if these pictures are any better. It's a strange bubble if that's what it is. Since it looks like a micro something or other crashed landed on the coin during printing. The E even has something on the bottom of the letter sticking up. It almost looks as if the building was printed on the bottom and re-struck again or something occurred. Just not sure.   |
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Valued Member
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Dang, the images didn't flip properly and they came out small. Hope you can view them larger.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I really think it is a plating issue. It is possible there is foreign matter under the plating.
In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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