You have a heavily worn cent that has been struck or pressed on top of another cent. All post mint damage. PMD. You can tell because the letters are recessed and are backwards.
I thought I was looking at some ghostly image. Then I realized it was the cent in some weird xray colorization.
Tyvm for the responses. I feel very welcome here. Stuck it in my Whitman for the 1911 until i find another. Gonna keep looking.
