Maybe This Is Why The 1880 Nickel Had A Small Mint!

This piece for some reason always puts a smile on my face. I like to imagine some guy coming to work after a long night out in 1880 ( whatever they did back then) and having to deal with this miserable piece of planchet. On a more serious note ever since I acquired this awesome hunk of madness I've been meaning to research how it happened. If anyone wants to chime in have at it please. On what's supposed to be the obverse you can clearly see that whatever is lodged in the coin or was punched through was for the number 1. I didn't even touch this thing and left the circular grease stains right where they last laid. The fact it is an 1880 makes for a good story about the last coin that never was...even if it is or isn't true lol!