1998 Penny What Might These Marks Be?

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Limitlesskies New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 07/14/2020 03:12 am Report this Post to the Staff

spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 07/14/2020 03:23 am Those look like plating bubbles. 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
youngmaster Valued Member United States 245 Posts	Posted 07/14/2020 05:12 am yea I see those and get the same response bubbles is my guess too. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34425 Posts	Posted 07/14/2020 05:15 am @lls, first welcome to CCF. Second, often times plating blisters can be depressed with the tip of a wooden toothpick. I agree that they don't look like die chips. "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
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 07/15/2020 12:34 am Actually there are split plating issue with something like a pin that punctured the plating. These will not press down as the zinc will swell when t get oxygen: When you look closely to these, you will see the gray showing through the the bubble in the center of the bubble. Report this Post to the Staff
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