I wonder if it's a rub-down Letraset 'p' or 'd' that has got detached from its backing and landed on the penny. You can get them in very small fonts - I've seen railway modellers use them to put names and numbers on locomotives and railroad cars. it can't have been there long, otherwise it would have worn off while the coin was in circulation. If I'm right, it should come off if you dab a cotton bud in acetone and gently rub it across the 'O' of 'One'.























