Keeper or not

I found this penny 1944 no magnetic what do you think happened

 

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its a keeper not an error its damage the copper was removed somehow looks like corrosion and the steel/zinc is starting to show.

 

Sorry, but slow down and think before posting. 1944 cents were bronze - copper/zinc/tin alloy. There is no steel/zinc that could show. Looks like solder.

 

Thank you very much

 

I did think just didn't exactly remember if they were steel,zinc or both . It is possible for it to show but a second look make me agree with solder.

 

Exacitically. You hit the nail perfectly. Someone had a momentary idea to create something and failed miserably.

 

No it's not. There was nothing to show on the 1944 cent.

 

There have been many times you have done that.. Give the wrong answers.. Why?

 

If you advise o p it is not an error = nav.. if you advise the o p it is damaged = nav.. if you advise the o p it is corroded = nav.. may I ask your definition of keeper ?

 

I agree, solder. The pitting may be from the flux that was used.

 

If there is a peeling effect on the copper it would not be solder. Solder would settle on the copper not in it. With that being said and a closer look I too believe it to be foreign, most likely solder. Thanks for posting the coin.

 

It's a space filler.
Keep it until you get a better one.

 

Some previous posts here on Coin Talk have indicated that craftsmen would often use an old penny to clean the solder from the tip of their soldering iron and the OPs coin looks like it might be one of those pennies.
BTW welcome to CT @Enaïd.

 

Possible for what to show? These weren't plated over a core that could show if the plating gave way. These were copper/tin/zinc composition through and through. You must be getting these mixed up with the modern cents, which are cheap plate jobs.

 

It's not possible because it's NOT steel, zinc or both! No offense, but you're new at this so you should just read and learn.

 

That coin had solder on it. It's a bronze coin. It's called damaged.

 

I'm not new at this just got a little confused and now understand it was around 1:00 at night when I posted now stop talking and quoting those post of mine!!! gezz you are 6th and hopefully the last one to quote my posts in this thread.

 

Not with that attitude! Lol

 

I used to think I was the only one who gets passionate about ugly pennies.