What does your cent weigh? https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/us-coins-weight-composition-and-tolererances-jpg.1257744/
2020 D just PMD.
Just Environmental damage/toning
I think you answered your own question: "the black spots are essentially invisible in hand, and are only noticeable under magnification.":)
Welcome aboard. Keep searching and keep posting.
You're not posting too much. How will you learn without asking for help when your research still has you puzzled? We're all here to learn from one...
I'd call it a keeper. A newer variety is always nice to add to the collection.
It is always nice to find Friscos when CRHing.:)
Good Ike, good pics.
Chips might lead to the credence of struck through debris
Great minds think alike: https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/royal-mint-seeks-to-recover-e-waste-metal-from-phones-computers
Welcome aboard the CT.:)
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/eisenhower-dollar-varieties-768205
I also notice what looks like a small chip on the middle portion of the left eagle wing and maybe another at top of the bell, below the S of States.
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/kennedy-half-dollar-errors-and-varieties-768828
And what a stellar example it is, sir. [ATTACH]
San Francisco did both regular strike & proofs that year. I looked on varietyvista and briansvarietycoins and couldn't see an exact match. USA...
And gas was .25 per gallon. But had to work very hard for that buck back then. (melancholy sigh thinking old times )
Those cents look better than some I go through doing Roll Hunts.
https://www.usnews.com/news/offbeat/articles/2021-10-21/rare-coin-made-in-colonial-new-england-could-fetch-300-000
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