Just zinc rot. Mintmark is a common place for the copper plating to split and rot to start.
That is normal for 1987, it does look odd but it is the way they were made.
No chance whatsoever. Just damage.
That coin is just damaged. Hard to say how it happened, but it happened after it left the mint.
Good luck to you and your daughter. The whole college thing can be very stressful for everyone involved!
Who was the member here a little while back that kept posting damaged coins like that over and over? Even the capitalized RARE!
I keep looking and trying to pick one over the other but it is just a toss up. I am afraid you might have trouble recouping what you paid.
A die crack would be raised, that looks more like a scratch on the coin.
I agree, both damaged by heavy cleaning. Get rid of both and get decent one.
Most likely on an underweight planchet, not terribly unusual.
It was the same when my boys were young, they always got freebies. One local show also had a youth auction where kids were given play money and...
That coin is just damaged.
Badly damaged, probably can't even spend that one!
I was beginning to get dizzy. They seem to post back and forth about the same coins.
The nicer ones might be worth a couple cents each.
No, forget it, not worth your time.
Absolutely not, face value and pretty beat up.
It's worth 25 cents and no more, and not in very good condition. You can do much better for a US coin in your collection.
I can see both sides, and both have their appeal. I wanted an example of both a 1793 chain cent and a wreath cent, but can only afford low grade...
I would keep the wheat cent and spend the others.
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