1938 penny missing clad layer?

Hello all. Not sure how to tell a stripped coin from a genuine coin. Any help?

 

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Try flipping the coin to its obverse

 

Whoops thank you just noticed that’s 2 reverses haha. Also got a pic of the rim cause I noticed what I assume is a copper center from inside the coin. Not sure if that can help you out.

 

Probably toning, but you should ask @paddyman98 cause he is more experienced at this coin collecting

 

!938 Lincoln Cents were not clad coins. They were solid bronze, composed of .950 copper and .050 tin and zinc. Clad cents were minted starting in 1982. (Copper plated zinc).
Just curious but could you please explain what you mean by stripped. Thank you. If you mean that some metal has been stripped from the coin, the weight could determine that. If you're referring to the color, then toning, cleaning, etc. could help explain that.

 

But that is pretty old and in nice condition too!!

 

I don't see any thing odd about it. Maybe super cleaned by soaking in acetone for a day or so. Copper pennies didn't have cladded layers did they ?

 

no in a nice way

 

Thank you all I’m gonna assume it’s toning but I still wonder about the rim cause would it not have toned the copper center in the rim too? Mystery. @paddyman98 what do you think? (Sorry hard to focus on small objects)

 

Huh in a nice way ? Same to ya in a nice way.

 

This is the anser. No Clad layer on Cents.

 

That gold looking coin could have been plated.
When you improperly scrub and clean old copper cents, (and strip off the surface metal) the resulting coin will be a variety of orange and pink hues.

 

It's a Cent and they are not clad. That simple.

 

American cents have never been clad. Cents minted starting from 1982 are plated. Circulation-strike dimes and quarters minted since 1965 are examples of clad coinage.