Sure looks that way to me, but I'll leave that kind of thing to @Fred Weinberg, @paddyman98, @JCro57 and others with much, much more experience.
Looks like a struck thru, but not a rim burr. Are both photos of the same coin? I assume not, as the rim around "IN" has nothing to do with whatever is over the date.
It’s the same coin and the piece that was struck thru the date is from the rim of the coin above the IN that’s what it got struck thru with. Yea maybe not a rim burr that’s just what I thoguht this thing was all along. I’ve got multiple similar coins that have struck thrus where the rim copper plating is gone and it matches up to the struck thru area. The copper plating came off there landed on the Planchet causing the strike thru then falling off
Here another on a 2016 shield cent. Stuck thru the N. You can see the outline of the rest of the lines thru the incused area faintly showing the rest of the N. And the rim matches up exactly. In hand you’ll see some of the copper that isn’t exposing the zinc come to the points that are seen in the struck thru area. West side of the rim is facing south in the strike Thru with the area of the rim that’s facing East is now facing north in the strike thru.
Curious to how it would occur while the Planchet is going into the striking chamber maybe plating coming off getting hit ?
Before I’ve seen people say it’s a hit. but those look very different coming to almost a point in the middle and you can tell which direction the hit went in. Very easy to identify bc this is flat and has the characteristics of a strike thru all throughout the area.
