What's a do?
OK, now I have to get mine off my phone...
I honestly feel like what you have is some sort of damage. You could try and have it authenticated and graded and see what happens.
http://www.lincolncentsonline.com/mechanicalDoubling.html
All I can figure is some contamination from some source. That cent has had a hard life and who knows what torture it might have been subjected...
Tough question. If this is a post-1982 cent, it is probably zinc. If before that, it could just be reflection of light from a particularly...
https://www.pcgs.com/auctionprices/item/1963-25c-ddo-fs-101-023/5874/2705066085297609841
I like clipped coins.
...however it gives me a chance to post a picture of my "Woodie" again, where the mixture of ingredients in the cent somehow separated and you get...
The "insides" of Lincoln Cents are the same as the outsides of Lincoln Cents with the exception of the 1943's and the Zincolns.
Haven't I seen this called Split Plate Doubling somewhere...
WOW, 15,000 Pesos!
...well, at least it wasn't Etsy...:)
We have never had clad nickels.
you misspelled "mental" :)
Truth in advertising? :)
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