What Would Cause A Coin To Have Wear Like This?

Its not wear....its damage. Looks like it spent a few days in a clothes dryer, or someone told a hammer to the edges.

I'm thinking it's a metal detector find that got all corroded, then spent considerable time in a rock tumbler to clean it, until all the corrosion was gone.

Definitely damage. Not even sure it's genuine.

Possibly someone started spooning it, gave up, then it heavily circulated. Look up coin spooning.

My first thought was spooning, as well. This damage may have been inflicted by a soldier or sailor who was wiling away the hours on duty. This practice has been called "trench art." Copper coins were the more frequently utilized "canvasses" for a soldier's creation. Oftentimes the coins were engraved in the process of creating personal mementos. Perhaps, this spooned 1793 cent was the start of a project never finished? With pieces like this, the best we can do is speculate ....




Ahh, but many coins DO talk. This is what I love about counterstamps!

When I was a kid, another form of spooning was far more fun .... AND, Mom never knew!