Not really an oddity, see this quit frequently on this forum. The Lincoln Cent has just been plated with something. Does nothing to to add to the value.
An incredible number of 1974-D cents apparently were chromed by a plating company for a trade show in Denver. We received them in change at least weekly for better than a year.
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