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I modified your question because coins are struck or minted rather than "printed", which refers to books and banknotes.

It's not possible to say exactly what happened without looking at your coin but my first guess is that it was exposed to some corrosive or acidic liquid. Because of the way copper "flows" when a coin is struck, the design will still appear clearly even when much of the metal has been dissolved.

Unfortunately that makes it a damaged coin with no extra numismatic value. It's still an interesting curiosity, though.

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