Welcome to Coin Talk. Your Lincoln cent is what we refer to as a "parking lot" coin. In fact it's one of the worst I've seen in a while.
it's not flatten it's like it's been run over it's just some ingrbins are in plaises that shud not been abacus it ways 257 gr
"Parking lot" coin is not meant to be taken literally. It's just a way of saying the coin has so much damage on it. Someone could have beat it with a hammer, cut it with pliers, damaged it with anything, etc. The point is that it did not leave the Mint in that condition and has no added value because of the damage.
