Theories about how the copper got on this tired 1981 25 cent?

Great find!
Makes one wonder if it started out as a die break.
Is the rest of the cent as messed up as the picture makes it look?
Sure makes for an interesting conversation piece.

Corky

wow i have no clue how that happened but i like it!!!

WOW!!! That's UGLY!!! LOL

I was thinking it was some experiment.

Flip side is just as ugly...it's been abused during its lifetime....hmmmm ugly coin competition

I know I'm totally wrong, but it's almost as if someone was making castings of the 25 cent coin in copper and coated the outside in zinc or nickel whatever it is to look real. The copper on the outside could be where an electrode sat or was soldered. The reason the coin looks so damaged is because of the poor casting.

If thats what happened..... toooooo much time on someones hands

yeah.. but if this is just one prototype that helped them perfect the skill.... $$$$

that wasn't you was it?

i bet the dead point is right have you weighed it against the real thing yet??

No I didn't LD, I don't have a scale to weigh it. Bathroom scale probaly won't work

You can always rig up something with a popsicle stick and a pencil. Find the midpoint by putting identical quarters on either end, then take one off and put this ugly thing in it's place and you should easily see if it's lighter. (Yes, I used to be MacGyver. I can build a thermonuclear device with a couple of paper clips and some duct tape.)

great idea... and you forgot the bubblegum

I think its chocolate. Did you try licking it?

Guess who can't find a popsicle stick anywhere

Ummmmm......no

I'll fix ya all... one day I'll post all the Canadian uglies that I have in here ....ummm coins