Hello everyone I am new here. I’ve been a casual collector all 43 years of my life and have a 21-year-old son who is trying to get into it. We have this coin and I would like opinions if it’s damage or if it was done at the mint. I have very limited knowledge admittedly. Guessing it was damaged in circulation but still kind of cool since it’s symbolic of his untimely demise . Also, I apologize first if I have not formatted this right
twice gouged. Down the middle and over the back of the head. probably upstrokes as the inside of the rim on the top (above the E and to the right of the R are nicked).
Thank you all for the replies, I suspected so. I have one more coin question I’d like to ask regarding the 1970 S small day penny, but I feel silly because I spent so many hours trying to check and I can’t tell!