Is this a filled die strikethrough? Obverse and reverse. Over the "E" in liberty is a what appears to be an o-ring. Front of nose and above date to name a few. Reverse has a strikethrough at top of shield. It's a wierd looking coin. Abe has a ponytail. Lol
It's harder to believe that urine dried up on the coin causing that look. Look up filled die strikethrough. Coin world by mike diamond and read on filled die strikethrough. Give educated responses and the joking is for another time. Thanks!
Sorry, I wasn't referring to you fred. I read up on filled die strikethroughs where numbers, letters and even foreign matter. I am see anomalies on this coin that fit. How did they get there. Just above the E is a round object and It's impression is also seen on the reverse. There are other areas. Can you tell me how they got in the coin?
No it's not hard at all to believe. Urine is corrosive and it corrodes the metal finish. One form of corrosion is discoloration. As the corrosion continues, areas on the metal finish decay. If there were no jokes, all of the nonsense featuring "PMD coins possibly being MD coins worth money" posts would get boring rather quickly.
"how they got on the coin" I can't tell you with 100% certainty exactly how they got on the coin (there are comments with suggestions) but I can tell you with 100% certainty that what you see on the coin as struck thru's, anomalies, etc. all occurred to the coin well after it left the US Mint.
There is no corrosion present. Corrosion has a way of bubbling up on zinc coins. These areas are incused. Looks raised on pics. I uploaded 2 pics. 2016(error over E in liberty) and 2000(error top of head under O). These look very similar. Both philly minted.
