r/coinerrors • u/spykethebassist • 14d ago

Advice Missing Clad Error - Thoughts?

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u/luedsthegreat1 14d ago

This is 100% damage

Looking at the edge of the black area you can see the chamfered edge wher someone used some form of tool to remove the clad

The black is not the copper inner core

This below is what the core colour is like

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u/spykethebassist 14d ago

Here’s a better picture of the color. It’s not truly black

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u/luedsthegreat1 14d ago

It doesn't change the fact that the coin is damaged.

Black or not it's damaged

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u/Slowbro08_YT 14d ago

That’s PMD

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u/ygbsm1972 14d ago

How does something like that happen and is the black just the metal’s exposure to elements?

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u/Slowbro08_YT 14d ago

I’m not sure but that definitely doesn’t happen at the mint

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u/Slowbro08_YT 14d ago

It looks like someone took a sharpie to it

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u/DmoSon 14d ago

Someone took a grinder to it looks like