1988 D Lincoln Memorial Cent - Odd Looking Color For A Penny

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Wynstyn New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 02/18/2025 7:52 pm I just got back from arizonia (funeral). I was going through my change and noticed discolored1988 D Lincoln Cent. I took picturers of the front and the back but could some one explain what is going on. * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * * Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. It's essential to have it in the title. * Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16809 Posts	Posted 02/18/2025 10:50 pm Hello and welcome. I've moved your thread from the "Support" subforum to the "US Errors and varieties" subforum. Unfortunately, your coin is nether an error or variety. It's a perfectly normal 1988 Lincoln Cent, which someone as applied a blowtorch to. Heating the surface of a penny up to around 400 deg C - a point where the zinc core has almost but not quite started to melt - will cause the copper plating to dissolve into the zinc core, leaving an appearance which is mostly-zinc-coloured. The bubbly surface and lack of oxidation also both point to the coin being blowtorched. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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