Can you please help me, help them?

A person on FB has the LC. I'm thinking a struck through? Others are saying a form of damage. Of that were the case, you wouldn't be able to cause that much damage to one side without leaving evidence on the other side, right? ( Sorry, I hit full image before they were done loading)

 

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Interesting. I'm thinking some kind of Acid corrosion only on the Reverse side. But not totally sure

 

I'm tending to agree with paddyman on this.

Here's what I'm thinking: It looks like a fairly well circulated 1940 cent. If it were truly a "struck through" (or other anomaly for that matter), that means it would have happened 80 yrs ago, & the appearance is quite obvious. I would think that for all the collector hands it passed through, someone would have gobbled it up by now.

It has the "look" of a corroded coin, as well as the off color on the obverse as well, although that could just be a result of the picture quality. It looks like it's been cleaned.

Yup, I'm going with environmental damage until I see something to change my mind. What are the circumstances regarding the acquisition of this coin?...recent find?...in the family & held as a curiosity?...something else???

 

Just a member asking about the weird color. May be a roll searching find?

 

I'd say the reverse was put against a 'buffing wheel'.

 

I'll make it simple, to me it looks like Damage.

 

Thank you folks for helping me, help them. Much appreciated.

 

I'm going with Fred Weinberg on this one because of the scratches . If it was acid treated it would be more of a rough surface. It looks a little like a struck thru late stage die cap but it shows evidence of scratches.

 

Too bad the picture focused on his fingers instead of the coin. I'd agree with damage though due to the scratches in different directions that I can make out.

I was thinking struck with a capped die at first but the scratches start telling a different story.