Thoughts? Rough, but it is beautiful!

Looks like it went through a garbage disposal, but it is so uniformly damaged it is attractive. Color is stunning to me. Mint made damage or ? It is a lighter color, like the last photo.

 

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Trampled into concrete, then left exposed to air and moisture long enough to darken uniformly, I think. If it's attractive to you, it's a keeper!

 

Definitely a candidate for a parking lot coin. Looks like it was ran over several times.

 

Thank you!!!

 

It was found in a parking lot at a very busy shopping center. 100% damaged.

 

Now I really feel sorry for it! going into my jewelry box!! : )

 

Strange

I call it DEFDAM - Definitely Damaged

Not a mint error of any kind.

Don't feel sorry for it. It's just an inanimate object.

 

Lol

 

Thoughts?
1) Reading between the lines, it's not a 1982-D small date copper, and people should stop obsessing over that. No one is ever going to find another one.
2) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
3) Spend it.

 

Okay! Thanks for keeping me focused!

 

Found this beauty last week. Washington got flanked again, only in a crosswalk this time instead of Brandywine.

 

I love it! Weird, but I think these are pretty!

 

True.. Pretty Ugly!

 

Its all in the eye of the beholder! LOL

 

Some thought dueling scars made one look hideous. Others thought it beautiful.

In Coin Collecting there was a time when Error Coins were held in contempt by Coin Collectors who called them FIDOs:
Freaks, Irregulars, Defects, Oddities.

For decades the wagging finger of the metaphorical Coin Daddy has told us to buy coins in the highest grade possible. Well guess what, some people hunt for the lowest grade possible, with POOR1 being the best. They even put them in PCGS registry sets:

https://www.pcgs.com/news/the-lowdown-on-low-ball-coins

Ha Ha it's almost like listening to a Bob Dylan song-- one that actually makes a bit of sense too: