Posted 12/27/2022 9:13 pm
You always have to ask HOW could that have happened at the mint.
With older coins, especially cents and War Nickels, laminations are somewhat common. Thats when a flake or strip comes off the coins, usually because the alloy is not properly, completely mixed.
But 1984 Lincoln cents are made of copper-plated zinc. The plating does flake off, exposing the zinc core which is then going to get moist and rot away.
The first one is a mint error - a mistake in manufacturing the planchet. The second one is just damage.
With older coins, especially cents and War Nickels, laminations are somewhat common. Thats when a flake or strip comes off the coins, usually because the alloy is not properly, completely mixed.
But 1984 Lincoln cents are made of copper-plated zinc. The plating does flake off, exposing the zinc core which is then going to get moist and rot away.
The first one is a mint error - a mistake in manufacturing the planchet. The second one is just damage.
-----Burton
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