FingerGrime said:Maybe someone just ground it with a sander or something.
Thats my guess 2. And since you were the lucky one to find it its up to you to finish the job. Better bone up on your caligraphy. HH MarkMainedigger said:Looks like someone ground it down and was getting it ready to make a "love token" out of it.
Shake-N-Bake said:There is such an error that only one side gets stamped, its called a brockage error. What happens is that the previous coin struck stays on the die and then this coin would slide into place. When the two dies come back together only the one die will imprint.
Your coin I would say is not that error. If it was that type of error the coin would still weigh the proper amount. Yours sure seems like POST mint done.
Jason