1982-D Lincoln Memorial Cent With Chicken Pox

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acidic1 Pillar of the Community United States 632 Posts	Posted 09/22/2007 5:24 pm Hi everyone!. My first post. Any idea what this is. must be kinda common, I found 2 today . Thanks. Report this Post to the Staff

dustin43160 Valued Member United States 367 Posts	Posted 09/22/2007 5:29 pm i have I think 2 rolls of these and my thinking is grease or dust! dustin Report this Post to the Staff
Scottishmoney Pillar of the Community United States 597 Posts	Posted 09/22/2007 5:49 pm This was a very common occurrence especially on the first 1982 copper plated zinc cents. What caused this was gas that got trapped between the copper plating and the zinc, and it bubbled when the coins were struck as a result from the heat generated by the striking. The mint tried to correct the problem right away, but this was still happening even on some of the early 1990's cents. Report this Post to the Staff
acidic1 Pillar of the Community United States 632 Posts	Posted 09/22/2007 6:00 pm Thanks scottish, This sounds likely as both that I found were 1982's. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 09/22/2007 6:09 pm Of course you could have just discovered a new Disease. Lets call it Lincolnpox. Or there is a chance your coins were done in a new finish called sandblast. For real as already noted, gas bubbles. The first new type cents had tons of errors like that. Truely common but still sell at coin shows as error coins. Keep as many as you can for now. Might start a new type collection. Report this Post to the Staff
Amazon99 Pillar of the Community United States 2443 Posts	Posted 09/23/2007 03:15 am Never knew about that scottishmoney. Very interesting! Welcome to the forum acidic! Report this Post to the Staff
Spider5689 Pillar of the Community United States 2269 Posts	Posted 09/23/2007 11:16 am Gas bubbles can also occur when an acetylene torch is placed near a Lincoln Cent. The extreme heat causes the metals to break down, giving the Lincoln Cent a bubbled affect. Report this Post to the Staff
garylcsr Pillar of the Community United States 1952 Posts	Posted 09/23/2007 8:24 pm we call the zincolns lol Gary Report this Post to the Staff
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