It's very normal die failure.
It also looks like silver on the edge.
I heard vinegar will leach zinc from alloyed copper and brass.
What motivated you to toss it in the air? Does the edge show silver? That would be a really good sign. Unless it's paint.
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The US Mint strikes coins for other countries. Your cent may have been struck on a planchet for a foreign coin.
It's a ha-ha.
Same to you Bruce and to all the good people in this thread. :) [MEDIA]
Rubbish! It's just hub doubling worth face value. Show us a real MD1.
And base metal would be cheaper no matter what silver cost. What would be point of increasing your costs?
In sterling silver?
Anything on the edges?
Never mind. I doubt they'd make them in .925
Scale weights?
Or defaced working die?
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