1973 Penny Error - Broadstrike or PM damage?

[Leakatheryn]

Hello Coneca Community~

I have been holding on to a couple of coins that I am not sure about. I have been learning - reading and watching many videos but still am not sure about this coin in particular as it is on both sides.

Any help would be appreciated.
~Lea

Ps
Sorry about the order the pics uploaded. I tried to change it, but it still comes out in the same order.

[MintErrors]

In my opinion, this looks like a dryer coin. The area on the reverse south near the rim looks like a dryer coin. My hesitation was there.... I looked at the obverse and thought it was a "struck through a late stage die cap". It's not a die cap, but a coin that could have been struck by a capped die.

The reverse kinda seals it for me. The coin remains in a dryer or hot area for quite some time. If in a dryer, it gets that mushy look. Sometimes as it bounces around Ina dryer, the rim can be hammered by the constant drops. This might make the coin slightly smaller in diameter.
The area near the rim on the reverse, below the Memorial building does look like what happens to dryer coins.

The only other off the wall way that I know of is that someone used a chemical on the, coin. The caustic or acid would eat at the details, but the coin would be thinner and weigh a lot less than it is supposed to.

My gut feeling is, a dryer coin. That is my opinion and I am stickin to it. So two of the three possibilities...dryer coin and acid treated would be post mint damage (PMD).

[mustbebob]

I agree completely with it being a dryer coin.

[PNWMAKES]

Yep dyer coin see link below explaining it.

https://www.error-ref.com/?s=dryer+coin

[MintErrors]

I should try to answer the original posters' question about the broadstrike possibility. A broadstrike normally will cause a normal coin to be bigger, and the coin design should look pretty normal, and not mushy like this one is. Additionally, broadstrikes show the entire design on the obverse and reverse. Misaligned dies can have one side slightly off center and one side centered as it should be. Off-center coins should have both sides of the coin off-center.

The different type of broadstrikes can be found on this long list provided by error-ref.com.
https://www.error-ref.com/index-of-entries/

[Leakatheryn]

Thank you all for your answers. I do appreciate it. I truly have been doing a lot of reading (from this site) and other reputable sites as well as watching "certain" you tube videos. I was not able to find the answer, and you all provided it for me. Thank you! ~Lea