If you read the whole thread, the coin was plated, not an error of any kind.
Clearly not a proof. Look at how rough the fields are particularly on the reverse. Let us know how it comes back.
Yes, you can even see the copper where the plating has worn away.
Spooned, I would say.
It is just damaged, the edge has been tapped or "spooned" as it is called.
About 35 years of detecting and have never used a pinpointer. I have been planning on getting one, then I am sure I will wonder how I got by...
I was certainly not putting you down in any way. I am just genuinely having a hard time understanding all of it and was hoping for some...
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