What's With The Surface Of This PL Penny?

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Player New Member Canada 5 Posts	Posted 01/28/2016 01:33 am Just got this 1982, and I was like oh no there's a hair inside the plastic. But, there's plating over it. huh? * Edited by Staff to add images to post. * Edited by Player 01/28/2016 03:12 am Report this Post to the Staff

DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9863 Posts	Posted 01/28/2016 01:50 am There is no plating on 1982 cents. They are solid bronze. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
Player New Member Canada 5 Posts	Posted 01/28/2016 03:15 am Thank you DBM, I had always gone on the assumption that Canadian pennies switched to copper plated zinc in 1982 like they did in the USA. Thank you for clearing that up for me. I guess this is literally just a dirty planchet then, struck over some piece of hair, because that's sure what it looks like to me. Gross! Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 01/28/2016 03:21 am Player, please use the tags [img] before and [/img] after so the images show. Report this Post to the Staff
Player New Member Canada 5 Posts	Posted 01/28/2016 03:47 am Thanks Fuzzy, I will do so. Report this Post to the Staff
Biedercoins Pillar of the Community United States 1601 Posts	Posted 01/28/2016 05:18 am If that looks like a hair has been "plated over" yet there is no hair protruding, it could be a crack in the obverse die. A crack in the die will leave a raised hairline along the surface of the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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