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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 3710673, member: 24633&quot;]First, welcome to the neighborhood!</p><p><br /></p><p>As a rule, it is extremely rare to find a coin that is missing, both, the obverse and reverse clad layers. Missing both clad layers would enable a Mint employee to spot it relatively easily and remove it for destruction. </p><p><br /></p><p>The press is calibrated to exert a certain amount of pressure (tonnage) so that the strike will allow coin metal to flow into all of the recesses of the obverse and reverse dies. If the clad layer is missing on<b> both</b> sides, it is likely that the strike will be very weak and most of the devices will appear &quot;mushy&quot;. This doesn&#039;t seem to be the case on your coin, so I am concluding it had toned after it left the Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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