As Before I Said I Was Acquiring 10k Wheat Pennies And The 4th Coin In Is..

so even though the broken plachet looks punched through the "cleaning" nullifies it?

struck through but harshly cleaned.

So how do I handle this coin from here? Is there a value for it in lieu of the harsh cleaning?

I'm curious as to what makes others believe it's "harshly cleaned?"

Edit: It looks quite a bit like a strike-through. I don't see any abnormality in the obverse in that area but I do see some to the left of the stalk and the right of the A in AMERICA that would indicate raised metal from the pressure of the debris addition to the reverse die (the metal had to go somewhere).

If it weighs 3.11g then I'm sold on a struck-thru.

I'm working on my lighting set up so I can properly display my finds. But any help or information on what I could do is appreciated. I've made some small investments into equipment with my next being a small digital scale. Is it necessary for the scale to be more sensitive then a .0001? Than you for all the replies so far

That is overkill. The only scale that will have anything close to 0.0001 gram accuracy is an laboratory-grade analytical balance costing hundreds or thousands of dollars. Any scales that measures to the hundredths of a gram(0.01g) is perfectly fine for coins.

I think I saw some on Amazon that measure in milligrams for under twenty bucks. I didn't go for one since the max weight on it was twenty grams, well short of a troy ounce. If you'll be working with coins under 20g, the price looks right to me.