Does not look typical of finger feeder damage on wheats, but people never thought a 1974 aluminum cent was more than a plated penny.
True... I'm just sure that it wasn't clippers. I'd say a soldering tool would be more plausible if you look at what clippers do to coins, vs what's done to our coins. The metal off to the side doesn't make sense lol unless you put an explosive and cut the coin as it's exploding... lol