Moxie15

I grew up in Cornish NH so I am a bit prejudiced, and the reality of lousy striking practices on the Walking half made this easy for me

I am sorry if I hijacked this thread with my question to @VkurtB but I am glad to see where it is going. My thoughts... If the hub steel was tested by punching a numeral into it to see if it was soft enough it would not be used to make a hub. This is a form of destructive testing and the hub blank (for lack of a better term at the moment) would be removed from production. Remember that first and foremost the mint is a production machine shop. As such there are rules and procedures for all things. Testing is not randomly done by punching the item. Testing is done by a specific tool that will give specific readings. To me the most likely explanation is a disgruntled employee attempting to cause harm out of spite. I will not attempt to address the employees thinking. If the item in liberty's neck is a one it is likely not the one from the date punch, but a foreign tool used by the employee just before hubbing.

It's mine, my 'mule' dropped on his way to my Swiss bank account...oops. gotta run the FBI just pulled into my yard.

to me it looks like it is a well circulated cent struck from a worn die that may have been very slightly misaligned

Brad, you need to invest in a Cherry Picker's Guide. It has most, if not all ,the truly and semi valuable varieties. If you do not find an exact match in there then go to a website such as Variety Vista, If you do not see your coin in one or both of those sources you have a non-variety. You will learn more about coins and varieties then you could imagine.

is there some markers that show it is not?

not much in that condition. I would put it in a roll of us cents and move on.

Research, research, research. Then do not get upset if you find they are worthless. Many foreign coins are no longer money so have zero value there. Many that are not silver or gold have very small value in circulated condition. I see lots of history and fun value there, but not a lot of cash value. Enjoy yourself and lets know if you find some cool stuff.

your coin looks harshly cleaned, I hope you did not clean it. What you are seeing is damage or gunk it is not an over date or re-punched date. Sorry

there are no varieties for 1945 P, D, or S cents listed in the 5th edition of the CPG so I doubt you have anything worthwhile, but I can tell nothing from your pictures

I see no reason to keep it. But sure, go ahead and laminate it if it pleases you

Are you for real?

I am a bit confused, if you are asking if one of your coins is aluminum the answer is no. If you are asking about aluminum needing to be bonded to a harder metal for coinage the answer is again no. Several alloys of aluminum have been used in coinage for a hundred years or so.

This is the very rare invisible cent of 1922. It was struck in a super secret facility in the back of Phil Silvers closet by a creature from a childhood nightmare...

I do not think you would gain buy sending it in for conserving or grading. If you would like it encapsulated then fine, but it is doubtful you would ever recoup what you spend.