Picture looks different, but it is copper. Just the lighting. These may be better, I think. What is different is that what looks like a die crack is on top of the 'cud' at the E. That would mean it was struck this way, right? Any PMD at this spot should have flattened it out. Thanks for the help.
It sure looks like a die crack running though the E down to and even into his head. The squished letters? Maybe PMD, I dunno. Put up a picture of whole coin and the backside too. Show the edge in a few places.
I'm still learning to. Could this have been done by some type of coin rolling machine? It does look like PMD, like the extra metal is on top of the struck letters.
For whatever reason, I only see one new picture. I'd like to see more of it because it looks quite interesting. I'd keep it and see if any siblings to it show up. Here is what is displayed on my machine. I'll check on another since I did the huge win10 update today and haven't had any problems anywhere else, just to make sure.
Is it round and true? Full flat front and reverse helpful. Two more of your images showed up, still haven't seen them all. I see the full front and rear. To ponder how it got in that actual condition and not be an early die failure is an interesting exercise. I looked at Cuds on Coins and didn't see a 1964 with that die crack through the E. If it were a 65 or 66, it almost could be an early stage for one of those, but not quite.
The rim was damaged. Somehow it was pounded until it formed a raised, uneven rim. The rim was then folded over by the original damage source or subsequent circulation. You're see folded over copper around the letters. This is PMD and doesn't add any value. "Spooning" is a method used to to make coin rings. The edges are hit with a spoon or other object, reducing the diameter and making the rim wider.
That one would be very tough to replicate yet quite simple to say it's PMD without having a clue about where to start with a good coin and manipulating it to end up like this one.
