Found this in a 90% lot. Has a pebbled texture, features are weak and mushy. Almost looks like a cast coin. Maybe sitting in some chemical for a long time? Doesn't look like any mint error I have seen.
It's possible that it was this http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Errors/Struck_Through_Cloth.html But your coin looks to have too much detail. I would call it PMD, but I don't know how it was damaged.
thanks, I don't think struck through because it is on both sides. I was originally thinking it was run over on gravel but the rim is intact without really any damage. And if you look at the highpoints with wear like on the hair it is smooth, while the lower areas have that uniform pitted look. This would suggest something happened before it was circulated too much right? Of course if it was in some kind of chemical and then circulated this would explain it too.
Yeah; I agree. It definitely looks to be some sort of PMD. If it were infact stuck through cloth, the design would be very faint and hard to make out on the surfaces. On this coin, you are still able to see the bust very clear. It could be some type of corrosion, but it just doesn't look porous enough. -Brian
the thing that gets me is that the lettering especially the date is so mushy, and that it is so uniform in the pattern. I am thinking it must have been in some kind of an acid and then circulated again.
It may have just been a weak strike in that particular spot or got an increased amount of friction on the surface causing noticable wear on that specific spot on the coin. -Brian
I can think of two additional possibilities, but neither are very strong. One is that the dies (or coins) were greasy, or wet in some way. the other is more of an observation. It looks like there is evidence of pitting which could indicate a contaminated alloy, a corrosive agent, or both. The pattern on the obverse really screams grease though.
