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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 3448908, member: 15445&quot;]It appears that the coin was damaged after it left the mint.&nbsp; The high points on the obverse are all affected while the entire reverse appears to have been protected from the damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>It kinda-sorta looks like the coin was squeezed in a an arbor press with a piece of rubber or leather protecting the reverse.&nbsp;&nbsp; That would certainly squash down all the high points of the coin’s obverse.&nbsp;&nbsp; The squeeze would probably make the diameter larger than a normal cent.&nbsp; Perhaps someone simply sanded or ground the obverse side.&nbsp; What ever happened, some clues have been lost due to subsequent circulation.&nbsp; Of course I don’t know what really happened to the cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a good conversation piece and I would certainly save it in my collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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