An outdoor find coin with rust on the discolored areas. Note the motto area. Where the discoloration is removed, the normal color is coming back. If this were a missing clad issue, the color would be red, not brown.
Congrats to your son on noticing this. A clear closeup of the throat or pony tail area might help. It looks like a jagged shadow at both sides of the neck.
It may have been an electro-plating experiement, where the plating was done to a dirty coin and it is flaking off.
Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups. We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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