Who Struck Through?

My thought is probably some post mint damage but thought I would double check with the experts let me know what you all think

 

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A very angry person took it out on this poor penny.

 

Is the difference for struck through vs. post mint damage is a struck through coin you will still see the coins date or whatever the struck though area is

 

The good news might be that even though this coin is damaged, I don't see any zinc rot setting in, which might mean this is a copper penny and not a zincoln.

And that would be the good news.

 

you'll have to have a much better understanding of the minting process.
Then you'll have to Analyze the potential struck through material with the surface.

For instance, if during the minting process, you strike through thin cloth the design will be soft with the cloth fabric design itself.

You coin has dings around the rim. It looks like it has very, extremely minimally expanded certain areas of the outside of the rim. this CANNOT happen in the minting process when the collar is there. The collar is hardened steel .. the copper is soft copper. The minted cent will be perfectly round as it is expanded when struck in the chamber. Anything added to be struck through WILL NOT expand the chamber. Does cloth dent hardened steel ?? nope ... ain't gonna happen.

Where as PMD is any .. and everything that you cannot even fathom.
and remember, PMD can happen more than once.
For instance. If I get a pristine penny. I then drop it on the ground and it scraps up the rim and high points. I then put it in my pocket with other coins of which may be a harder material like a nickel .. and that will scratch the soft copper. I then use it in a vending machine which will scrap it too and have other coins fall on it. I then get it back and put it in the cup holder of my car, of which others scrap against it and it's susceptible to the acid in a soda pop spill .... then at work it falls out of my pocket, gets run over by a few fork lifts, pushed to the side where it someone ends up in machinery and spit out with extensive damage ... so many ways anything can get damaged ..

look at the rim scraps .. i'm going to guess it was on the ground in one part of it's damage.

also, you'll want for EACH and EVERY time show both sides of the coin.
you can learn a lot sometimes about a coin by seeing both sides.