This 1982 Zinc Penny Has A Couple Of Strange Things On It

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incents13 New Member United States 17 Posts	Posted 12/02/2022 3:24 pm These are the pictures I took, I can't figure out if that is supposed to be a D for Denver but in the wrong place or? And as for the Cud looking things, is that just from age? Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 12/02/2022 3:57 pm These are just plating bubbles, I'm afraid. to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog 12/02/2022 3:57 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96674 Posts	Posted 12/02/2022 4:01 pm Agreed, that is the zinc core corroding and expanding and breaking through the copper plating on the surface. Just like rebar does inside concrete Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21616 Posts	Posted 12/02/2022 4:06 pm You have a combination of zinc rot and plating bubbles. Spend it before it gets worse. Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19176 Posts	Posted 12/02/2022 4:33 pm Agree with the above. Report this Post to the Staff
incents13 New Member United States 17 Posts	Posted 12/02/2022 6:16 pm Ok, that's kind of what I was thinking, except for that one between the 9 and the 8, that is more of a cirlcle than a bubble. the center isn't raised up, just the part around the center. That looks like something else to me. Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21616 Posts	Posted 12/02/2022 8:31 pm That is the zinc rot that I mentioned. It was a bubble that has broken and now that the air is attacking the zinc, it is starting to rot. Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 12/03/2022 03:16 am next stop zinc rot. Spend it while you can, there is no stopping zinc rot. Report this Post to the Staff
incents13 New Member United States 17 Posts	Posted 12/09/2022 12:34 am Lol, ok got it, its a rotting penny. I think I will go fill the tank with it right now before it's rotted away :). Thanks for the info guys, I learn something new every day. Report this Post to the Staff
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