Are you talking about the discoloration on the reverse? I can't see anything except environmental damage but the pictures are pretty bad.
It is just plated, you can see where the plating is chipped away at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
If you like it keep it, doesn't matter what it is worth. That is what collecting is all about, not the monetary value!
Yours has the appearance of a zinc cent. You need to weigh it on a proper scale to determine anything, a kitchen scale is meaningless.
I guess we need to change this stock answer, just read in "Coin World" about a second one being authenticated .
A couple of number stamps and a hammer. The only damage on the reverse would be directly opposite the stamps.
It is just the zinc corroding, it doesn't take much for it to start.
No error, just smushed on the date.
Looks to be a normal corroded zinc cent. No mint mark means Philadelphia mint.
No cud error, what you are seeing is the metal that was moved when the coin was damaged.
I believe that is a planchet void on this coin. I wouldn't know about grading, probably they would call it corroded, environmental damage or who...
It seems to be genuine, I see nothing to indicate that it isn't. I think I would try to get it for a bit less, but $200 isn't too far out of line.
First, welcome to the forum. Unfortunately there is no real value in those coins, they are just damaged. I would hang on to them though.
I strongly suspected, but when he reposted the 1989 cent with the "misplaced mintmark" that clinched it.
The plating is usually very thin and does not add much weight.
Sorry, same answer as the last time you posted it.
Your coin has been plated with some silver colored metal after it left the mint.
I think EF is a bit optimistic. I would be in the high fine range maybe VF details, but that scratch would really hurt it.
I definitely would like to see what Heritage had to say about the coin!
That's up to you, if you like it keep it. It is only worth one cent and too damaged to ever be worth more but collecting is about what you want...
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