[attachmentid=571][attachmentid=571]can you tell me anything about this penny no rim

I am only getting a partial picture of this one and the other error. Not sure if the problem is on my end or not...

alright guys.....here we go

I can tell you that it is not an error and that it is post mint damage...this comes from being thrown in a weak acid.....I remember doing a science experiment in high school we tossed a copper cent in diet coke overnight....came out looking exactily like this.

how would acid take the rim off?

acid eats from the edge towards the center...kinda like a melting ice cube...the center is the last part that is left....this is the case with this coin as well...you can see on the reverse the marks in the feilds...this is from the metal being eaten...

Hope no one paid $10 for it.

I agree that it looks like post-mint damage. Even I have seen a few of these poor fellows around.

Here is my own example:
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Not sure how these get the way they do...acid is a good explanation. I always wondered whether this one had been sand-blasted or something, but acid is reasonable.

You can find some interesting pics of acid-defaced coins here from coingalaxy. Seems that it can be a real problem with clad coins sold as missing CuNi layer errors.