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Valued Member
United States
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Hi, not sure if this is an error or its a common coin. Is it a keeper? Thanks in advanced!  |
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Moderator
 United States
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@ant, those bumps on the surface are plating bubbles if you can depress them with the tip of a wooden toothpick and most likely zinc debris stuck under the plating if they are solid. For me, this coin is a spender either way.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Not an error, as stated by Spence, they are plating bubbles.
Might as well spend it now as they are only going to get worse
Correct typo
Edited by JimmyD
08/24/2021 6:21 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
425 Posts |
I did press down and they don't seem to go away.
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Valued Member
United States
425 Posts |
@Spence Thanks!
@JimmyD Thanks!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
Keep in mind that this is probably zinc dust. When plated over makes it look larger than it was. No premium for this. More if an undesirable issue.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree, commonly seen and an unfortunate reminder of the mint's inability to produce a durable and attractive plated product even after 40 years.
Edited by Coinfrog
08/24/2021 6:35 pm
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Moderator
United States
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Trapped debris and or trapped gas. If you can not press it down it is debris and if you can depress it it is gas.A copper plating issue,a spender. John1  |
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Moderator
United States
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unfortunate reminder of the mint's inability to produce a durable and attractive plated product even after 40 years That or just too lazy to research a new procedure of cleaning the surface of the planchet prior to the plating process. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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unfortunate reminder of the mint's inability to produce a durable and attractive plated product even after 40 years FYI I have looked through boxes of brand new 2020 and 2021 coins, and a majority of them have plating bubbles, Die Deterioration, or other problems. Edited by CoinHunter4
08/25/2021 1:05 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Actually they buy these zinc planchets. It is their supplier that has the issue of creating these. They are just struck by the mint.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Zinc dust. Very common on newer cents.  |
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