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Thank you that does make sense

Thanks for responding. I am totally untrained so I really don't know what I'm looking at. I'm sure the copper is gone, the coin is larger in diameter & oval in shape. I don't see any marks on the lettering or picture from rolling, hammering or smashing or stretching (like from train tracks). From what I have seen it looks like it could be a double die strike on the reverse. Just trying to educate myself about what I think I'm seeing.

Thanks much for allowing an uneducated old man to post. I have never been a collector, only an accumulator. I have a small hoard of mostly US silver. I have spent the last couple days reading back postings and didn't see anything like the coin in question. Back in the 70's my ex was a chief teller for a California Bank of America. Every day when she had to close out she bought the silver and brought it home. A few hundred coins I'm sure I will have questions on. The silver coins she brought home are what got me into metal detecting and that is what this post is about, a metal detector find from just the other day. I'm fairly certain this coin is in such poor condition it won't have much if any value. I could go on & on about all the I think's about this coin but I would rather hear what you think. Could this be some kind of an error or junk? Showing with a normal 1983 D. I'm working on my photography, please be gentle. Thanks again!