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Irishraider Pillar of the Community United States 1454 Posts	Posted 08/31/2007 10:39 pm Hello all, I was searching through my change as I always do and saw this 1983-D cent. I noticed it wasn't normal and got my loupe out and saw all these bubbles. Is this from a bad batch of zinc or is it just the zinc itself when it is flowing as the dies are striking because zinc just isn't famous? All comments welcome. Report this Post to the Staff

Vaslin Pillar of the Community United States 914 Posts	Posted 08/31/2007 10:45 pm I think someone had mentioned that it is air trapped between the layers of lamentation. Report this Post to the Staff
garylcsr Pillar of the Community United States 1952 Posts	Posted 08/31/2007 11:21 pm not trapped air. it is bubbles but they got there from a reaction of the zinc being exposed to air more than likely from a break in the copper. Gary Report this Post to the Staff
amac44 Member United States 3242 Posts	Posted 09/01/2007 09:27 am Bubbles have some thing in them air is a gas? oxygen? Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 09/01/2007 10:58 am Try that stuff they advertise on TV. I think it's called Proactive or something like that. Gets rid of Acne and that coin sure looks like a bad skin day. Don't know what causes it but I've got many of them and I put them in a 2x2, lable as a bubbled coin, put away for a rainy day. I've seen them at coin shows for a few dollars. Report this Post to the Staff
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