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New Member
Lithuania
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Edited by pennies
06/13/2020 10:20 am
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Moderator
 United States
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Need to see the reverse. It is a small date and if it weighs 2.5 grams it is a copper plated zinc core and if it is 3.1 grams it is copper. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would guess a plating bubble based on what appears to be a lot of plating bubbles on the obverse. Press it with a toothpick (not too aggressively, but hard enough) and see if it depresses.
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New Member
 Lithuania
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after the toothpick press it is still there
Edited by pennies
06/13/2020 10:38 am
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Moderator
United States
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Looks like a plating issue, no added value. John1 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Question isn't so much if it's still there *after*, but rather if it depresses when the pressure is being applied. It's possible that the second you remove the toothpick it will pop back up.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Long shot it's a die chip, possibly.
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Moderator
United States
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It could also be a hard piece of debris trapped between the copper plating and the zinc core. John1 |
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New Member
Lithuania
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so there isn't any extra value of this coin?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Or a split plating issue. If when looking at it in lower light, you can see a gray dot, it may have been pieced with a needle. A gas bubble will flatten with a toothpick, but a split plating example will rise as the zinc gets oxygen on the zinc. So check for that. A die chip would not be smooth. Keep in mind a chipping away of metal off of steel. The breakaway point t would be irregular in shape. (Even granular in appearance)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Extra value to the coin? In my opinion, no, unless one finds a collector who is crazy about Lincoln Cent oddities--including the very subtle ones. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Find two or three more identical to it and you'll have some value.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What is the weight?
Probably a zinc cent but the weight will conform.
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