1994

[D42]

This 1994 has a higher than normal rim on the obverse
The rim on the reverse has a silver colored metal around the edge
I pried up some of it with my finger nail and I noticed a
small line of copper was lifting up .

What is this?
Was this coin struck with more pressure than normal?

Drew

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[Dick]

D42, I am only guessing, but it looks like it has been struck several times, in collar, causing the rim metal to expand, vertically. This in turn has been folded over, and allows the broken pieces to be pried away with the fingernail, or other object. The part that is "breaking away", has to be the hammer die, IMHO, because of the metal movement. The anvil die, (obv), does not appear to have moved the metal to that extent, that you see on the rev. TYhis is only an idea. Who knows what did actually happen"
Dick

[eagames]

That's post mint damage.

If you take any zincoln and rub it on cement it will look similar.
(do a test and see how it looks)

The plating on the rim got folded in and the zinc is showing.

Best guess on this coin:
Spooning is when someone (often navy guys on ships in WW1-WW2) tapped a coins rim with a spoon. (often silver coins) Then they removed the center and had a silver ring. Your coin wasn't spooned with a spoon, it was rolling in a machine (probably a clothes dryer) which did the same thing. After that the wide edge jammed it in a coin machine (gum machine) slot and it sheered the rim.

See #31 at this link.
http://hermes.csd.net/~coneca/content/InTheNews.htm

[Steven]

With the flattness of the devises at the center of the coin I would think that it was held in some type of vise then spooned. Just a guess.