1867 3 Cent Piece Lamenation Error or PMD?

Hello All. I am pretty sure this is just damage to this 3 cent piece, but wanted to double check. The reverse of the coin doesn't seem as bad as the obverse. What are your thoughts. Thank you.

 

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Hard to say but I'll guess damage?looks like its been in the ground.

 

sand dollar? 3 center?

 

Thats what I was thinking I bought a collection on Ebay I think and the person must have been a coin hunter/metal detecting. Alot of them showed signs of being buried. It was a fun lot to go through

 

It looks like a lamination in there. That's one real washed out coin.

 

i would give a qualified Yes to lamination, but a lamination caused by PMD, so not an error.

I have a LWH that was so badly damaged, I honestly had no idea of what it was, just that it was half dollar sized. Two days in acetone, and enough layers came off to where I could see what it was. Crazy stuff in the ground.