So Meow just thought of the answer to what this is. It is a gold plated penny that got a bad case of zinc rot later.
Do you examine every sing penny with a microscope camera like Meow does? Meow get pooped out after 10 rolls of anything done in a day. Meow has...
Wow, Meow has not ever seen a coin graded PO01 before. can it get even worse of grade than this? PO00 maybe?
Looks like a little chunk of it fell off already.
To Meow, the OPs quarter does not look like grease at all.
Meow has dozens of them in 2x2 flips, that are in a red box marked "Grease".
Or how about extreme die deterioration? Check out this dime. [ATTACH]
OK, it seemed like such a bid deal was being made of quarters Meow finds on a regular basis.
That looks like a streak of grease on the die. Grease will rearrange itself on the die too. Meow has many quarters like this and never thought it...
How about at the North Pole? Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claws? Elves?
From now on Meow will think of you as the flaming chicken guy. Even though your avatar looks like you paint scenic landscapes on TV.
Oh, sorry. Meow flaked on that one.
Is he going to pet Meow against the grain?
Guess Meow remembered who it was. But you chimed in on the thread at least, right? Now who was it now????? Cats can forget things too some times.
It does look good at a glance, with those pictures. But would you not think if it was legit, it would be quite a find. So would it take this long...
Well, you know. Cats are special. And they can grow on you.
Meow would consider it a major die variety. But no one has done serious research in the flaming Chicken phenomena. It could from just the one die,...
Meow holds a coin like that in one paw right up to the microscope camera, and with the other paw holds a LED light to shine at it from different...
So Meow thinks it need a high resolution close up picture, with light sources from multiple angles.
Oh, and Meow would bet its a P mint. The Denver mint does not give us such goodies often.
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