Strange 1984 No Mint Mark Cent. Can I Please Get Some Help With It?

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Brandynewcent New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 09/25/2017 11:37 am A strange colored 1984 no mint Cent * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Mark1959 Pillar of the Community 7234 Posts	Posted 09/25/2017 11:45 am no mint mark because it was struck at the Philadelphia mint. They just started putting the P mint mark on the cent coinage starting this year - 2017. Your cent was struck on a copper plated zinc planchet and what you are seeing is the copper layer being worn or scraped away reveling the underlying zinc. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34396 Posts	Posted 09/25/2017 11:51 am Yep I agree on both points with @mark1959. Definitely a spender! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 09/25/2017 12:29 pm There is a viable reason they have acquired the name we love to hear of "Zincolns", or my favorite "stinking zinkin"! The plating of the planchets(blanks) is a very thin copper over a zinc core(97%). Sometimes during production or circulation the plating is split, worn away exposing the zinc to air and corrosive elements which quickly cause the zinc to "rot". This coin will "dissolve" within the next few years so you best spend it fast! to the family! Edited by Crazyb0 09/25/2017 12:30 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 09/25/2017 3:35 pm Quote: Your cent was struck on a copper plated zinc planchet and what you are seeing is the copper layer being worn or scraped away reveling the underlying zinc. I agree. to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Brandynewcent New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 09/25/2017 4:32 pm It's just so ugly. I like the term stinking zinging. That's funny,however; very much an eye sore. Thank you all for your help. Lord knows I. Need all I can get for a bit.! Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 09/25/2017 4:37 pm Keep searching. We have folks report neat finds here almost every day. Report this Post to the Staff
Brandynewcent New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 09/25/2017 4:42 pm I thought that Philly was hitting them all with the big P by 1984? I did think that it was a sort of migration from the 1982 transitions. Hmm I might need to slow down a bit and absorb all info. Just so excited about dirty gross coins, that have an unexplainable beauty about them. I am a retired Rockhound. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 09/25/2017 5:34 pm From raw minerals to stamped sandwich coins? That's quite a leap! to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 09/26/2017 01:23 am Quote: I thought that Philly was hitting them all with the big P by 1984? 2017 is the first year the cent has ever had a P mintmark. Report this Post to the Staff
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