1946, Or A 1940 S Wheat Penny Struck Through Grease?

I'm thinking 1946, though originally the upper serif of the 6 would have looked like the bottom of the 9. The 0 on a 1940 is actually pretty small as I recall. I'll say 1946.

An unusually large number of the 1946-S cents have significant weakness on the last two digits of the date and on the "O" of "ONE" on the reverse. The sheer number of them (across dozens of different obverse dies) and the weakness on the corresponding area of the reverse suggests that they cannot all be greasers. I think the answer lies with poor quality control at the San Francisco mint and the high mintage numbers for the 1946-S cent.

That's a mind boggling last digit. Cool find, cldague. Whew! If I am to look at it, my wild imagination is kicking in. Hi, teacher Coop, I beg for your pardon on this one. This is a "wild" coin...our current era, CAD software is being used, how about in the 1940's what did the mint use to create the devices? My point is, I am seeing two numbers. If I look north at the last picture, I see conjoining ends creating like a "split serif." In same picture, if I look south of the "split serif" I am seeing the circle of a six. How wild is that? This is what makes the hobby enjoyable, as beginners we can present our views which the experts can review and present the reality related to coinage. enjoy your coin cldague.

Wow Crazyb0. That's very interesting! Thank you for sharing that!

Thanks for looking and the info everyone. Now I have more to think about and will have to start taking notes.