If you're interested in Lincoln cents, you should check this site out: http://www.lincolncentresource.com/
Copper is reactive. Can take on all kinds of colors. The red underneath is the actual coin. IDK what the blackish crud is.
There was something on it and now it is peeling. Environmental damage.
You gotta make do with what you have... :)
Maybe a few more pictures will help.
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