On the reverse, below AM of AMERICA, it seems there's a nick, but I assumed it was on the plastic and not the coin?
No its a strike thru. I normally dont buy Lincoln cents, the price slabed, the strike thru was pretty cool,and even thro this isn't a date that is rare..I liked it so I purchased it.
The strike though was identical to the same sort of issue I had on a 1857 Flying eagel cent, that I did purchased from the penny lady at a Whitman show years ago. Which I sold to a friend as they like the condition, color, and they needed the date....lol
Ok time to end this now... those of you who said...ms 66 red you nailed it! And yeah it does have nice eye appeal too.