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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;beef1020, post: 3155443, member: 24544&quot;]Environmental damage to the coin, not the dies.&nbsp; There are some large cent varieties that were struck from severely rusted dies, but this is not one.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the looks of it, the damage is old, the coin has retoned evenly and been handled enough to smooth down the high points evenly, i.e. the rim, leaves of wreath, chin/bust point, lower hair curl, etc.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In terms of cause, these were sometimes also put into jars of pickles, maybe to help keep their color.&nbsp; Another possible cause of coins like these.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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