Greenstang

It is not genuine, There are markers including the date that prove it is counterfeit.

If it is counterfeit, it may not even be solid silver, could be plated or not silver at all.

The date alone tells you that it is counterfeit. Is there any way you can get your money back. If you bought it off of eBay, you should be able to make a claim.

From looking at the reverse, I would say it is a counterfeit. A photo of the Obverse would also have helped. Always post both sides.

Welcome to the forum It is customary to post a photo of both sides of the coin when making inquiries. It must be something other than a mint mark as it is impossible to have one on the reverse.

Nice find. Put it on eBay right away. Can’t ask more than $2500.00 for a raw coin though.

Verify it is a legitimate lamination.

Well put but the problem most newbies would not read this before posting. How many do you actually think. read the two pinned articles at the top before asking if their road kill coin is a valuable error.

Please do not use screen shots, they are too pixlated. also try to show the right colour, this can sometimes be important To answer your question, that is a zinc bubble. Once it breaks, your cent will start to rot. Get rid of it know. Seeing you added pictures, and changed your question,I will add a further comment, the whole coin is suffering from zinc rot. If it is a struck through, what do you think it could possibly have been struck through then.

That is what is known as “roadkill”, certainly didn’t leave the mint that way.

Welcome to the forum Why is it Newbies want to send everything off to be graded, do you realize the cost of grading? Unless a coin is worth at least $150-200.00, you would just be losing money. The coins you show do not have any value over face and even most of pre 64 coins are only worth the value of the silver. Unless you have a rare or a high grade coin, put it in a 2x2 and add it to your collection. Despite what YouTube says, you are not going to get rich from pocket change.

Welcome to the forum It is worth 1 cent. It is a badly corroded zinc cent. Get rid of it before it disintegrates . In the future, put the year and denomination in your heading and avoid using screen shots, they are too pixilated to see fine detail.

Nothing showing. Also this forum is for registered sets, if you have a question, please post it along with your pictures on the Newbie Forum.

There is no way that it would be sabotaged at the mint. It is just damage that occurred after it left the mint.

That is a Large Date. Did you weigh it to two decimal points, it looks like it could be copper plated zinc. After seeing a better picture, I agree it is a small date but still looks like a zincoin.