1985 D Penny Struck On Clad Dime Planchet

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TedError Valued Member United States 242 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 10:57 am I believe this is a 1985 D penny struck on a clad dime planchet. Sounds like a dime when you drop it on counter and it weighs 1.9 grams. If I'm correct is there any value in this coin given it's rough condition? Report this Post to the Staff

nfine Pillar of the Community United States 3468 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 11:25 am That is a heavily damaged, copper plated zinc, Lincoln Cent. The low weight is due to the copper plating being damaged in multiple places and the underlying zinc core is rotting away. Edited by nfine 04/29/2023 11:26 am Report this Post to the Staff
TedError Valued Member United States 242 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 11:42 am Certainly doesn't feel or sound like a penny. It is also thinner than a normal penny. Photo added below. Report this Post to the Staff
nick10 Pillar of the Community United States 3207 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 11:54 am Your coin looks to match number 2 in the list of Dirty Dozen Damages. Even though there is no premium value to these, you might try to find a nice example of each. 1) discoloration - stains from a beverage, or environmental damage from being buried, heated, etc. 2) scrapes over much of the coin - damage from sliding on pavement, a parking lot coin 3) coin bent or edges not round - it has been smashed with a hammer 4) coin blank on all or most of one side - someone machined the surface away or sanded it down 5) mirrored lettering - a vise job, a coin squeezed against another in a vise 6) rough, pebbly surfaces - a coin eroded by acid, it might now be underweight 7) smooth rims, smaller diameter - was trapped rolling inside a dryer, a " Dryer Coin", or tapped with a spoon 8) clear mounds on coin - glue that has dried transparently 9) small indentations in the shape of the letter D - marks left by the impact of the reeded edge of another coin 10) large blisters - coin exposed to high heat, such as in a campfire 11) shapes, often letters or numbers, not indented or raised - Pareidolia (like animal shapes in a cloud) 12) a circular scrape just inside the rim - " Ring of Death" caused by a coin wrapping or vending machine Don't despair! Error coins remain ready to find from circulation, but they are outnumbered by unusual looking coins that merely have been damaged. If you can imagine a way to change an undamaged coin into one like you see, that's probably exactly what happened to it. Changes to a coin after it leaves the mint's striking chamber are considered post mint damage, or PMD, and have no premium value. Report this Post to the Staff
Keith67 Pillar of the Community United States 6527 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 12:01 pm Looks like a zinc rot, parking lot to me Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 12:05 pm That's my guess as well. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Yokozuna Pillar of the Community United States 4618 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 12:13 pm to the CCF! I have to agree with the answers above. The coin is a very damaged copper plated zinc cent. It shows lots of corrosion or Zinc Rot and the copper plating on the rim and edge has been almost completely removed. All of this is Post Mint Damage or PMD. If it were struck on a clad dime planchet, it would show a copper core along the edge. The silver colored metal seen in the pictures is the zinc core of a normal 1985-D cent. It would also be slightly smaller in diameter as a dime is only 17.91 mm. ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 12:22 pm TedError, Major zinc rot.Has nothing to do with a dime planchet. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95443 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 12:25 pm with above If it were a dime planchet, you would see just the opposite of what we see above. What I mean to say is that on this coin we see the copper plating with zinc core showing through where the damage is heaviest. If it wer ea dime planchet, we would see the silver cladding on the coin with the copper core showing through where the damage is heaviest. 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
lcutler Pillar of the Community United States 1657 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 12:29 pm Definitely just a damaged zinc cent. Report this Post to the Staff
Keith67 Pillar of the Community United States 6527 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 12:51 pm Here's mine Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 6:34 pm It's rotting from under the copper plating, that's why it's thinner. keith nice one. Report this Post to the Staff
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