What happened to this old coin??

LUCKOFTHEIRISH

Looks like a strike through but two or three times.

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XpipedreamR

These private auctions always concern me for some reason.

BigE

I think it was hit with a hammer---------BigE

tlhoy

Looks like someone had 2 worthless coins, so he put the coins together & hit them with a Hammer!
Just my guess,
Glenn

Conder101

Mutilated coin, it has been squashed down by the date and has had a coin squashed into it up at the top and not done well. It has flattened the back and simply dented the obverse only managing to transfer a single star image directly above the hair bun. All the rest of the stars visible are from the original coin. They are a little displaced bcause of the metal moving during the squashing. I wouldn't pay $1 for this coin. The flattening on the reverse in all places shows that it was done on a flat metal plate and not in the coining press

cosmos66

I think that is the "ELEPHANT MAN" variety.

Dog97

Yep, hammer job.
You can't clap using only 1 hand nor can you strike a coin using only 1 die.