Possibly worn off, or encrusted.
Torn corner turns a $4 or $5 red seal $2 note into $2.50.
Agree with cleaning scratches.
It's not red. Red means mint state. Your red is the metal in the coin reacting to the environment. Water, soil, air, chemicals, elements.
Here's something I never thought I would post: [ATTACH] I don't know what the ratio is, but almost every one is a large date.
This is from the other day. I didn't realize the little ring was gold. 2nd photo 4 golds. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Shell case cents 1944-1946. Several threads here about that. I don't believe spent shells were shipped home from overseas. Some say scrap metal...
What confuses me in this chart is how a silver coin could be struck on SBA stock. (Or the other way around.) The numbers for the halves struck on...
If it was thin, you could stack it with some other halves and it would look thin. Thin planchet was my first thought but you said it was the same...
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