Help 1973 D LMC..found Silverish Chunks In Penny. Error, Diebreak, W/ Is It?

My best guess is that it was once/intended to be a solder joint for jewelry or some such.

The silverish metal is the leftover solder and the process melted some of the copper.

jewelry piece gone really wrong

Jewelry attempt gone wrong.

Thanks for the input :). I would also like to believe it was some sort of jewelry attemt or welding test. looking and looking, copper melts at around 1900 degrees. Solder melts around 600, thus allowing soldering of copper pipes without distorting the copper. The copper in the penny around the object has been displaced and distorted obviously. The more I look closely it seems the cent and foreighn matter have been "squeezed together, not melted. Also why would anyone attach a necklace or charm at that point on the cent, doesn't make sense. And why two attachment points at random places? I can see soldering a loop on somehow, but why would that damage the coin? The smaller particle has a very distinct vertical round edge, like a round ball or machined object. The larger one similar but not exactly round. The larger thing is thick compared to the small one and allmost goes down to the bottom of edge, the smaller sits slightly low but mostly on top. Also noticed a weekening of devices on the reverse side near the large anomoly, that looks allmost like a clip, would heat cause that?. Also hearing something called slag intrusion? Of course with every coin we want them to be mint made errors. Simply trying to rule things out. Both object apear to have been sheared off also at an upward angle near the rim. The fragments do not seem to be magnetic. also looking at pictures of soldering it looks like "MELTED" metal. Under the microscope the top of the large object has very distinct horizantal lines, these lines continue without interuption into the copper area. They also transfer very smoothly into the copper going into the interior, rq rather than bubbling over or meting into. Also noticed voids in between the coin and foreign matter, Isn't welding supposed to exactly do that, fill voids? Also I noticed copper shavings attached near the small object on the rim, small gauges near that on the rim could have made these I think? Also I saw domething called gas bubbles that maybe could look "melted" I also saw alot of elictrical experiments with pennies witch could explain the strange places of possible attatchment of something. Is there any way to tell what kind of metal the foreign matter is? Also the coin is overweight at 3.19 witch doesn't say anything lol.

Here are the only two images witch might explain a natural error not PSD damage I could find that are similar.

Still intrigued/unsure about this coin, any more opinions are appreciated, although Coop is probably right.





I will try to get clearer and closer pics if I can later.

The weight is not that far off , You would be surprised what people do to coins.

Does this friend sell coins on e-bay?



An indent on the die will create a raised area on the coin.

I think you may be over thinking this a bit.

dtl These "very knowledgeable" people have pretty much told you what this is, PMD ,I don't know what you hope to gain by continuing to fish for the answer you want.