What is going on here?

[Islander671]

This pocket change I found two years ago. A 1946 S wheat cent with obverse struck-thru, reverse struck-thru with characters.

Feed back please and thanks in advance.

1946 S 1c strike thru-lm-clash 6-28-22 Obv.jpg 1946 S 1c strike thru-lm-clash 6-28-22 Rev.jpg

[occnumis2021]

the characters punched into the rev, hit so hard as to cause obv damage. you will see this effect on trade dollar with chops marks.

[MintErrors]

I agree with occnumis2021 , this is definitely post mint damage. Done after it left the mint.
It could have been laid down on a concrete or tar pad with the punch heated up. The struck the reverse with something and did not bother to protect the obverse. It could happened a different way. Only the person who did it and the coin know for sure. The coin is not talking.

Too bad, the working die that struck the obverse was relatively new. Most 46 S had a weak strike, at least the majority of the ones I have/had were.

[occnumis2021]

oops forgot to add, while unlikely, you may wanna hang onto this coin for a while as sometimes, even obscure chops like these may be of some relative or significant importance. there is a site that has thousands listed.

this looks like a 5/3 fwiw