I'm having trouble calling this one.

I'm having a personal debate with declaring this condition. I've dismissed damage. Missing clad maybe?

 

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But it is damage!

 

Cents aren't clad, so it can't be a missing clad layer.

Is the coin thinner than other cents?

The diagonal streaks look like improper mixing of the alloy this was struck from (the "woody" effect).

There's definitely environmental damage, but I don't know what else might have been going on before that. It certainly looks like it started out as a weak strike, at least to me.

 

Enviormentally damaged surfaces -

not the typical 'acid treated' kind, but
some type of corrosive liquid, especially
on the reverse side.

Obv. 'looks' like planchet streaks (woodie)
but I don't think that's the original cause.

 

Thing is the legends are barely raised on the field but , the rim is fine. The damage does not seem evenly distributed over the entire surface.

Clad duh. Right

 

1.4 mm

 

Why.. Never dismiss it.

It's DEFDAM - Definitely Damaged

And what Fred Weinberg stated!

 

I've dismissed damage because the rim seems unaffected. And the reverse has the same features but it has a better relief.

 

I think Fred Weinberg posted "looks like wire brush" in the wrong thread. It's okay I got it

 

Thing is the legends are barely raised on the field but , the rim is fine. The damage does not seem evenly distributed over the entire surface.

 

Why would it have to be evenly distributed across the surfaces?

 

If it was environmental or submerged in acid wouldn't the damage be consistent throughout the fields, legends and rim? PS I'm not disregarding the census of damage and I thank everyone for their input.

 

I don't know what you are seening but it looks to me like damage on the Rim also

 

how is the rim fine?
Rim on the reverse looks to be damaged by at least the same thing that damaged the EPU ?

If the damage was done by hand, or even machine (such as a small dremel where one has to move it across the area), why would you think it *should be evenly distributed*?

 

I'm really not entertaining this is due to some sort of machining. This is an extremely difficult pattern to achieve and there would be no reason for a person to do so. I accept environmental damage but what gets me is the rim and date have very crisp reliefs on the obverse where I would expect the edges of the legends to be rounded over and less uniform across the whole surface with more pitting. Corrosion attacks the corners, sharp edges and weak spots before it attacks the flat surfaces and Fields. ??? Such a perfectly weathered penny.

 

A little coin brightner to shed more light on the subject, literally. From this can I suggest wood effect is caused by certain environmental conditions that form deposits along the grain pattern of the planchets used in these time periods that are not otherwise very visible, Perhaps?

 

Now the date and the lettering does not look as crisp as you say it did before. The 4 is smooshed.

IMHO

 

It's best to post good images from the start. You get better answers that way.
Either way, it's clear that it's a well worn damaged coin.

 

The 4 has been flattened or smashed.