Platting and zinc planchet problems.

[coop]

Part of the problem with the Zinc planchets were the rinsing proceedure that left a lot of ugly orange rind coins. Nothing to do with them but spend them. If they have a variety on them I would save one I found, Bt would not buy one that had the problem as it would cut into the overall look of the coin and would be harder to re-sell. But another thing the zinc planchets are having problems with is where the die stretches the platting over and exposes the the Zinc. In time deteriation takes place in unusual ways. I found three of them that caoght my eye this week and wanted to share what they looked like.

The first one the zinc deteriated under the D and the copper foil fell off the coin before I got it. The second one the copper deteriated in a couple places under the mintmark and left the D submerged below field. The third one I called a Goiter D. Somehow the zink shifted under the copperplating raising a new area. Don't know how this one could have been formed. Maybe the coins were is a fountain the the water made them react. But whatever, they sure are ugly.

[GarryN]

That '83 "No D" must be worth hundreds, haha

[coop]

Probably get a fortune for it on Ebay. 1983-D with no 'D'. Well it was mint made, it is an error, give me more time and I'll think of more HYPE!