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Message:: [QUOTE="Al Wilson, post: 2042050, member: 72977"]Desertgem, I never noticed that, but you are right, it has a look as though it has been subjected to some source of heat. You and Jallengomez have a good eye for detail that I obviously lack.  I have a 1947 Penny that I thought had been subjected to a high degree of heat and that the metal flowed on both sides of the coin, but the tone of the coin had not changed. I had a expert examine it and he determined that there had been GREASE on the dies when the coin was struck.  It is a great looking coin and now is in my collection. Pays to have someone who knows what to look for when checking your coins. I later found one on line that look very much like the one I have and it supported what the expert had told me, grease on the die.[/QUOTE]