Sorry folks for any confusion but I just noticed that in typed 1943 instead of 1944.
Now that I can look closer while in my Hotel room I believe it’s a struck through error. Maybe a piece of cloth.
It may be an error but it would hold very little to no extra value. It could also be damage from the mint or circulation.
My local coin shop pays three cents for them. It’s a replated steel cent dated 1943.
Very nice additions to your growing collection. :)
Definitely damaged. You can see displaced metal on both sides of the indentation.
Separate names with a comma.