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 Posted 05/16/2016  02:07 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Tinkerdell to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I git this penny back as change and not sure if its worth looking more into or not.

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 Posted 05/16/2016  02:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Fuzzy317 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
hard to tell, but those spots look like drops from soldering

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 Posted 05/16/2016  04:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverStackerKid to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like zinc rot has gotten to it.
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 Posted 05/16/2016  07:39 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NoPoMoCo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Could be showing effects of a blow torch. Is the date post-1982? If so, zinc from the core could have bubbled up to the surface, creating those blobs.
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 Posted 05/16/2016  08:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Numisma to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like an 88-D, so I'll go with plating bubbles or zinc rot.
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 Posted 05/16/2016  09:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
To me it looks like someone added a zinc coating to a plated cent with the orange rind appearance on surface. Kind of like putting you underwear on over you pants. LOL It is a sure sign the coin has been altered.
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Looks like plain old zinc rot to me. Regadless, it's only worth one cent.
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Thanks everybody
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