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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PlanoSteve, post: 4399700, member: 91609&quot;]I&#039;m tending to agree with paddyman on this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what I&#039;m thinking:&nbsp; It looks like a fairly well circulated 1940 cent.&nbsp; If it were truly a &quot;struck through&quot; (or other anomaly for that matter), that means it would have happened 80 yrs ago, &amp; the appearance is quite obvious.&nbsp; I would think that for all the collector hands it passed through, someone would have gobbled it up by now.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has the &quot;look&quot; of a corroded coin, as well as the off color on the obverse as well, although that could just be a result of the picture quality.&nbsp; It looks like it&#039;s been cleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yup, I&#039;m going with environmental damage until I see something to change my mind.&nbsp; What are the circumstances regarding the acquisition of this coin?...recent find?...in the family &amp; held as a curiosity?...something else???[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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