1945 S IMM Wheat cent?

It sure looks inverted to me. What do you think?
Also sorry for the poor quality of the photos, I'm away from my scope.

 

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There are 32 listed rpm's for this datecand mm. It does look inverted for sure.

 

Wexler and Variety vista only list the 1946 S as Inverted mint mark, Lincoln resource don't list any.
It does look inverted in your pics

 

Kinda looks like this after it was smushed:
http://varietyvista.com/02a%20LC%20RPMs%20Vol%201/1945SRPM023.htm
I looks like the mint mark took a hit to me. JMHO

 

Casualty of War .

 

I do believe you picked the correct rpm,I didn't have time earlier to attribute.
But I do believe it wasn't hit or squished , die chips perhasp, weren't 45's also made from spent shell casings?
Must admit its odd...

 

Yes, 1944 - 1946 were made from recycling spent shell casing.

 

Yes this is commonly accepted but there are interesting conversations about this:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/shell-case-cents-1944-1945.222683/

Here’s an interesting thread on the subject.

 

What about this one? This looks quite a bit different than my other 45-s's...much more like the inverted 46-s's. Slightly different N/S orientation than the 46, and stronger punch in the S/SE area

 

I see what you are talking about. I am no expert, but IMHO it looks like it took a hit.