Part V. Planchet Errors:

Plating Errors:

Cracked and Peeling Plating

Definition: Plating that cracks or peels up before or after the strike. Among copper-plated zinc cents, this type of plating error is comparatively rare.

This 1984 cent shows extensive cracking of its copper plating. Some has peeled up or is in the process of peeling up toward the southeast periphery.

Struck sometime in the 1980s, this off-center cent was struck on a partly-plated planchet. What plating is present is peeling up in many areas. The peeling can be seen on both the unstruck and struck portions of the coin.