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Echinsuocha New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 03/17/2017 04:01 am Hello all, I just joined after starting to collect coins just earlier this month (literally March 2nd.) I have gone through about 12,000 nickles and 10,000 pennies in bank rolls and have found some interesting ones that Id like to get your opinions on. First off here is this Lincoln Cent. Is this lamentation error? I havent seen one yet in my research thats around the mintmark like this. Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 03/17/2017 04:35 am to CCF. That is called zinc rot. The copper plating gets split and reveals the zinc to the air. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 03/17/2017 05:08 am It looks like zinc rot causing a bubble underneath the copper plating. It's the biggest bubble I've seen yet! In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 03/17/2017 11:35 am to the family! Since you've looked, you probably noticed some post 1982 cents that had a silvery/blue color around the edges of the letters/date/MM's...this is where the thin copper plating has split in the stamping process. Air and other corrosives like moisture and skin oils gets in...zinc rot forms on the zinc planchet below the copper. Causes bubbles like yours(biggest I've seen), lines, even pox looking holes ending in the whole coin disintegrating(see coin star finds!) Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/17/2017 12:36 pm I wish the images were larger. I would add them to my educational files. Report this Post to the Staff
owatchman Pillar of the Community United States 1494 Posts	Posted 03/17/2017 1:28 pm to CCF Report this Post to the Staff
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