Hi @abelincoln64. I am not sure I understand what you mean. Do you mean you think the coin was struck on a planchet made of the wrong material? And, if that is what you mean, why do you think so? Thanks in advance.
Hi @LaCointessa, I was concerned about the different colors on the reverse and obverse if that's normal for coins. I have never seen a coin with that much of a difference. Just trying to learn how all this works.
Maybe your photographs are not showing the great difference in the color you are describing. To me, as I look at your coin, it seems very similar in color to the coins I have looked at; but, I am far from an expert. Since I have been practicing looking for die cracks this evening, I am wondering whether your coin has one between the W and E of "WE" and also, since the date and the LIBERTY both look rather "thick" to me as far as I can see them from your photograph, I would want to be sure that your coin is not one of the 1972 error coins. I think there are four types. Have you looked to be sure your coin is not one of those? Also, I wonder if that is a little lamination issue on Abe's neck. I'm anxious to read what our experts say about your coin.
Looks normal to me. Just because both sides are different hues does not mean that it is different metal compositions. One side could of been cleaned.
Copper is a very reactive metal and there are lots of things in the environment that love to do interesting things to the surface. Off Composition errors aren't very common so if you find something in change that looks diff, there is an extremely high probability that it's environmental damage
. Before I got interested in coins I didn't realize there was so much to learn about them, I appreciate the help from you all here at coin talk
