Is it just another worthless zink penny?

[Ammoman]

I just found this and was wondering about the numeral 8 on the obverse. I am pretty sure it’s not a press job and by the condition the penny is pretty much toasty.
Any ideas on what I am seeing?
Thanks in advance

 

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[Ranger Chuck]

View attachment 1987736View attachment 1987737View attachment 1987738I just found this and was wondering about the numeral 8 on the obverse. I am pretty sure it’s not a press job and by the condition the penny is pretty much toasty.
Any ideas on what I am seeing?
Thanks in advance

It looks like it was stamped or had something hard pressed into the coin. You can see the indentations going through the 9 and 8 in the date. Definitely PMD.

 

[twiasp]

So mauled, doubt there is any value in it anymore. Interesting mark above the date though, it appears raised, so maybe not any sort of punchmark that I have seen, those usually go into a coin not raised. Zincs get a lot of lamination issues with the zinc making little gas bubbles and stuff in odd patterns sometimes /shrug.