I do a lot of shooting, have lead bullets in the house all the time. Just wash your hands after handling, and do not eat while handling lead.
You have a coin with Post Mint Damage (PMD) and a die chip or two... No added numismatic value.
It is fake... the MM and leaves give it away.
It is dirt...nothing but accumulated crud.
There is nothing on that Jefferson but Post Mint Damage and crud.
The copper rim belies the dime planchet story....
Looks like someone emptied their sock drawer....or penny bank...
That is a scratch... and the term would be PMD... Post Mint Damage.... Keep looking though, that is the only way to find the good one's...
I have purchased, and stacked, gold since the days of $300+ oz. gold. I do not sell it - well, I did sell some darkside gold close to the peak...
Listen to the inputs above, and the term pareidolia is the descriptive term for what you are seeing...
No DDR and the slight bit of 'off center' is likely a worn die and paddyman98 stated...
The old adage is 'Buy the coin, not the holder.'... In these cases, totally ignore the holder and treat the coin as raw...
Nice pictures... good, clear detail...
PMD.... Good album coin...
They are all common cents and several have been cleaned. No numismatic value.
Nothing there but post mint damage....
No added numismatic value....
It may be discolored... however, it is not 'sintered'. Sintered metal is a product of powdered metal technology and NOT used by the mint.
PMD, no numismatic value...
That 5 is definitely not a mint numeral....
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