I had the exact same thoughts about the color, surface, wear, and tone. Without the weight, a magnet test, or at least the coin in hand I'm on...
Since we have all of these varied forum requests I say Coin Talk should have a forum request forum.
Using acetone to clean copper may result in a pink surface. Xylene may be a better choice.
Remember back in the day people would sand/file/scrape the coin for the silver/gold. Sounds petty but do enough of them and I guess it adds up
Only you can come up error transit tokens. Love it, you are the error king!
After all of the parameters you listed then it comes down to what someone will pay for it
Every bank teller I’ve seen has several in their coin drawer and would be glad to exchange for cash. Welcome to Coin Talk and happy hunting!
Excellent link Paddy. Thank you.
You may have something. It appears to be raised metal. Not a very pronounced. It may be an early stage of a die crack. Probably not worth much...
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