https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-explor...-1938-date-pscid-25/1962-d-5c-ms-coinid-14072 There are web sites, like the one above from the NGC grading service, that give an overview of each type and year of coin . You can see how many were minted and their relative value to collectors. Here’s an example.
It’s hard to say what happened to it, either environmental damage, of it was in a fire at some point.