Obverse Not Reverse Penny Error

Coin is banged up on all 3 sides. PMD

Looks very much like the Struck Through Late Stage Strike Error Penny's on auction sites and ebay and Error-Ref.com. Nearly identical, just needs graded.

Nearly identical to what the Struck Through Late Stage Penny on Error Ref.com looks like, including with the Obverse and not Reverse affected. Rim or collar only on Reverse though, Obverse is flat with no rim or collar.
And,it does have the "ghost image" of the Lincoln design or as ErrorRef.com puts it
"A coin struck through a late-stage die cap will show a strong "ghost image" of the raised design" There's however many of these on ebay and that's the error their telling people it is. Would have to look again if graded or not graded, thought there were a few graded with having that Struck Through Late Stage striking error.

Your coin is a violently damaged cent. It was not, is not, and never will be any kind of error coin. It certainly is not what you claim it to be.

Here, apparently, is the error-ref.com entry you claim it looks "nearly identical" to: https://www.error-ref.com/struck_th...age_die_cap/

Your coin does not look "nearly identical" to it. It bears a superficial similarity to one of the three examples, only in that something has worn away the obverse design completely. The giant knicks, gouges and scratches clearly point to mechanical damage. Occam's Razor suggests all of the oddities on this coin are likely to be caused by a single cause - in this case, whatever did the mechanical damage.

But since you aren't apparently willing to listen to anything contrary to your already-formed opinion, let's do some scientific tests. If my hypothesis is correct, that amount of wear should have caused significant loss of weight. If your hypothesis is correct, it should weigh the same as a normal cent. So, weigh your coin on a 2 decimal point balance and then we can discuss options.

@LotsOfCoins - Sap's post answers any questions on this damaged cent. PMD