1983 Penny Error. Need Help Identifying Please. - Page 2

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coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 01/29/2017 11:02 am When you look into the centers of that area, you can see where the plating was split. Not the zinc rot is causing the edges of the area to rise. SO it is related to a plating error. If it were a dropped letter, then this would be sunk into the coin. Beings it is raised, where are the other letters that should be present if it were a double struck issue. So by ruling out what legit errors it could be and going with what can be seen it is a split plating issue with zinc rot causing the issue for form on your coin. Report this Post to the Staff
EddieCRH New Member United States 24 Posts	Posted 01/29/2017 12:35 pm Thanks for all the comments. This does clear it up for me. It just looked strange and had me excited for a minute. Guess it will go back to the bank and I will get some more to look through. Thanks again $or the help. Will continue to search for sure :) Report this Post to the Staff
Druu Pillar of the Community United States 1000 Posts	Posted 01/29/2017 1:58 pm Always keep searching, Eddie! There's always fun, new stuff to find. I can't take pictures worth a damn, but I've got lamination errors and die cracks from my last batch to share! Report this Post to the Staff
EddieCRH New Member United States 24 Posts	Posted 01/29/2017 6:40 pm Thanks druu. Yea, I haven't been searching long but I'm addicted. I will keep searching pennies for a while for sure. I still haven't found an Indian Head so I'm looking forward to that. I also keep looking for any errors too. It's fun for me that's for sure. Report this Post to the Staff
dtl New Member United States 31 Posts	Posted 01/30/2017 01:28 am I will be the newbie with fresh eyes and limited knowledge commenting on this one .... I also thought dropped letter( witch I just heard of yesterday) but with Coop's explanation that it should not be raised, it is not so...... I will go out on a limb here though, and say the shape of either a B or an 8 is way to coincidental. A broken die fragment (actual B OR 8) (retained dropped letter) if you will, in the coin and covered with a copper layer to make it seem part of the planchet .. one could hope lol! Even if it is "zinc rot" Very cool find! what does it weigh? Edited by dtl 01/30/2017 01:53 am Report this Post to the Staff
cwb Pillar of the Community United States 3463 Posts	Posted 01/30/2017 02:30 am Quote: A broken die fragment (actual B OR 8) (retained dropped letter) if you will, in the coin and covered with a copper layer to make it seem part of the planchet . This cannot happen because the planchets are plated with Copper before they are struck. To go even farther, the US cent planchets aren't even made at the mint. They are made elsewhere and brought to the mint to be made into coins. Report this Post to the Staff
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