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rg-errorcoins New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 02/03/2019 12:04 am What is the blister/texture on this coin? Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 188842 Posts	Posted 02/03/2019 12:36 am to the Community! Your post was moved to the appropriate forum for the proper attention. 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
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 02/03/2019 03:31 am That is caused by a plating failure, of sorts. Every circulation US cent made from 1993 to the present is copper-plated zinc. Contaminants can make their way between the zinc and copper in the process and create bubbles, sometimes big and sometimes small/numerous. A similar texture can be caused by Die Deterioration and is called "orange peel." On earlier cents (made of 95% copper) that is the likely answer. On plated cents, it could be one or the other, or both! 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 Edited by spru 02/03/2019 03:33 am Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 02/03/2019 04:37 am Quote: Every circulation US cent made from 1993 It is from 1982. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
cookiemonster Pillar of the Community United States 1335 Posts	Posted 02/03/2019 08:00 am with john (sorry spruett001) but it is 1982 on zincoln's . but 84 has extra ear , and then some DDR 's .good luck and happy hunting Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 02/03/2019 4:00 pm Well now for the real story. The copper plated zinc cents started in 1982 and continued till today. But the issue back then was they cut the blanks, run through the set up mill and then plated them before striking them. Well during the process, they did not realize that they were not looking very nice and had a lot of raised areas on the planchets/coins. Well they determined a few years later that the issue was zinc dust on the planchets, that needed rinsed off before the plating. Later on they added that step in, the issue was as bad. You do find some now and then. But nowhere near what they back in the early 80's zinc cents. Report this Post to the Staff
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