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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeepfreak81, post: 3087270, member: 93888&quot;]I&#039;m not sure there&#039;s much I can add at this point.&nbsp; However, I&#039;ll try.&nbsp; I&#039;m not a coin expert by any stretch and there are people here much more knowledgeable than I.&nbsp; I was a machinist at one time though and have had plenty of experience working with metal.&nbsp; That shiny metal in the middle that looks like &quot;dime metal&quot; to you is just the material being worked.&nbsp; There&#039;s no patina on it that forms on copper after time.&nbsp; You could perform a test on another coin from pre 1982 by simply cutting it with cutters or striking it with a cold chisel to split it.&nbsp; You&#039;d find that you end up with a beveled edge and shiny material that has been worked in the middle.&nbsp; I agree with others that this may have been forced into a holder or held by something causing the &quot;double bevel&quot; look.&nbsp; In any case, it&#039;s for sure PMD. </p><p><br /></p><p>Stick around and learn everything you can, there are some very knowledgeable folks here.&nbsp; Just remember, they answer some of these questions on a regular basis and get a lot of pushback from new folks, so cut em a little slack when their patience runs thin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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