unusual Lincoln Penny error?

What's up, folks? I hope everyone's enjoying their wknd.

A long time ago, I started a casual penny collection where I'd toss Pennies here and there into a colossal jug. It filled w/ thousands of pennies, and on this rainy day, I figured I'd sort through them, see if I gathered something interesting over the years.

THIS one, attached, jumped out at me. It's got a fairly clean strike on the obverse, but the reverse is totally blank, not even a silhouette nor severely worn down details, nothing at all, and the blank side feels very smooth.

In the past, I've seen off-struck coins and planchets blank on both sides, but I've never seen something like this. So I'm truly not sure if this is a legit minting error OR if it might be a coin that's been manipulated by a prior owner.

The first two photos were taken outdoors w/ the camera flash off, the last two outdoors w/ the camera flash on.

Any opinions are much appreciated. Also, it weighs in at 2.8 grams.

 

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That's a fairly common form of post-mint damage. Students in machine shop class will take a lathe and remove the reverse of the coin. It is not a mint error, and is not worth anything (its actually worth less than a penny, since half the coin has been removed).

 

Ground off, PMD.

 

Fair enough, I figured as much but was hoping otherwise. Thank you for the input.

 

the cents i drop on my concrete office floor all turn out like that one.

 

I learned the hard way! Read the label sent to me

 

I used to make these as a kid waiting for the school bus.

 

You employed a lathe while waiting for the bus? Resourceful fellow........

 

So.... NGC basically certified that it is a genuine tampered with coin.... I get that right?

 

haha that definitely settles it, big thanks for that photo