Possible shield nickel on wrong planchet? Weighs 3.63 grams

So I found this in my book I purchased awhile ago for 10$ . I finally was looking at it out of the 2x2 and it weighs a lot less then a regular well worn shield nickel. ( my brand new scale is off .03 roughly) and the coin is a lot thinner and slightly smaller in diameter.
I just got into coins a year ago. So maybe I’m missing something. The coin is worn down on the outside a lot but the center is decent . Should I bring to a local coin store and have them put on the machine that tells what materials it is ? Or something I should send in to get graded and see what they think ?

 

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The reverse looks like it was eaten away by acid. If it were worn down to start, then plopped onto something corrosive, this is what I'd expect to see. And I'd expect it to be drastically underweight as well.

 

Shield cents are not my thing by any means but considering the grainyness/corrosion(?) on the coin and strange weight, I suspect it to be a possible counterfeit; perhaps contemporary. Lettering looks different as well, though I am unsure about die varieties on shield nicks.

Then again there is a fat chance that it's not a counterfeit and just damaged, my guess if so would be saltwater damage. Hopefully someone more enlightened on this topic can provide better insight. Thanks for sharing.

 

No

No

 

simple:
post mint damage

 

Badly Corroded surfaces,which accounts for the weight.

 

It's damaged. You over paid for that coin.

 

I just got into coins last year and this tends to be a common occurrence lol

thank you to everyone who replied. I was. Kinda doubting it was on a different planchet because the weight wasn’t the same as a dime etc .

 

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