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  • loquixx
    Member
    • Jan 2015
    • 124

    #1

    is a die crack?

    across the nouse
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    hello everybody I am knew in this forum I hope I will learn more about the Lincoln cent values, and error ones
  • willbrooks
    Die & Design Expert, LCF Glossary Author

    • Jan 2012
    • 9477

    #2
    No, it is a plating blister.
    Blistered Plating (also called plating bubbles): Gas bubbles that form under the copper plating on copper-plated zinc planchets. Gasses or contaminants that get trapped under the plating expand from the resulting heat and pressure during the strike, causing the plating to push up. These bubbles can vary widely in scope and appearance ranging from small scattered bumps to large elongated or “linear” blisters.


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    • loquixx
      Member
      • Jan 2015
      • 124

      #3
      the blistered plating cent are collectible and will get some value?
      hello everybody I am knew in this forum I hope I will learn more about the Lincoln cent values, and error ones

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      • jfines69
        Member
        • Jun 2010
        • 28848

        #4
        No extra value for plating blisters... There is corrosion between the plating and zinc core... Eventually it will develop a hole causing more corrosion!!!
        Jim
        (A.K.A. Elmer Fudd) Be verwy verwy quiet... I'm hunting coins!!! Good Hunting!!!

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        • willbrooks
          Die & Design Expert, LCF Glossary Author

          • Jan 2012
          • 9477

          #5
          Not generally worth any extra value, but it is impossible to say if someone would buy it. If you gave it a cool name, like "ice pick in nostril" someone might give you a buck or two for it. Nobody can predict.
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