PART V. Plating Errors:

Plating Errors:

Un-plated Lincoln Cents

Definition:  A Lincoln cent struck on a zinc planchet that was never plated with copper. This type of plating error coincides with the introduction of copper-plated zinc cents in 1982.

This error type is frequently duplicated outside the mint by either plating a normal cent with zinc (or another white metal) or chemically stripping the copper plating from a normal cent. For more information on these altered cents: click HERE for coins with plating removed; and click HERE for coins that have been plated outside the Mint.

The images below show a 1995P Lincoln cent that does not have the copper plating.