1930 Lincoln Penny, Error Coin?

@ra, first welcome to CCF. Second, it looks to me like two things have happened to this poor cent after leaving the mint. First, someone has removed all of the reverse design elements by abrading that surface. There are still numerous machining marks. Second, someone took another cent and pressed it against this one (typically done with a machinist's vise) and caused some of those design elements to appear on this coin, but backwards.

I agree with Spence. Deliberate post mint damage by grinding down of the reverse, then another coin was pressed into it, by vice or hammer. Certainly, no premium, and perhaps not even worth the 3 cents Wheaties normally bring.

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