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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;onDvine, post: 36064, member: 2195&quot;]<b>May I show more/ask more?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for your reply.&nbsp; Just because it would be fun if it was HUGELY SIGNIFICANT TO COIN COLLECTORS WORLDWIDE doesn&#039;t mean I&#039;ll be a poor sport or a grouch if it&#039;s not.&nbsp; I&#039;m not unhappy with what you&#039;ve told me.&nbsp; If nothing else is said in a month or two, I&#039;ll probably just spend it because the damage isn&#039;t all that interesting-looking if it didn&#039;t come from the mint that way, IMO.&nbsp; The obverse side&#039;s thinly clad area could&#039;ve been caused by a chemical that dripped on top while the reverse was fully submerged in whatever it was.&nbsp; The edge seems to have that kind of contour.&nbsp; I noticed the rim of the reverse was clad, too, but didn&#039;t know how relevant that was to whether the middle ever had been.</p><p><br /></p><p>May I post other pictures of coins that are probably just damaged, to confirm?&nbsp; I don&#039;t know enough about the various things that could have happened to be sure of anything and have hung on to some of these for years....</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, I have a penny of unknown (&#039;59 or later) date that&#039;s convex/cave with odd markings on the reverse and a flat, somewhat distorted face on the obverse that almost looks like it could have had little bubbles at the liquid stage.&nbsp; That said, the surface isn&#039;t broken on either side, as I&#039;ve seen when a penny has been run over or subjected to abrasion.&nbsp; None of the core material is exposed.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I&#039;ve wondered about it...as well as at least one that has tiny, ragged holes that look like something dripped and ate all the way through (and partway through in other spots) w/o distorting or damaging any of the metal remaining.&nbsp; Etc., etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>You get the idea, I&#039;m sure.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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