Error Struck Through | 1943 Struck Through Capped Die?

[drex]

Recently I was going through a friend's coin collection and found a small group of coins set aside as "errors". Some of the coins were just minor errors, and a few were PSD, but this coin has stumped me. I have done some research and if it is an error then it appears to be a struck through capped die. It shows some pitting on the obverse which is not a good sign, but that doesn't completely discount it entirely. I appreciate any advice on determining if this is an error or damage. Let me know if any more images would be helpful.

Thanks in advanced.

[kloccwork419]

Looks good to me. Early stage struck through capped die. The later stages show more details showing through. Don’t think I’ve ever seen one on a steel cent before. Nice find

[joel]

Very cool find!! Thanks for sharing!!

[makecents]

Very nice find and excellent pics!

[drex]

Thanks for all the replies. I am glad to see the consensus is that it is actually an error. To be honest, I thought for sure that it was just acid damage or something. Thanks again!

[mikediamond]

I was asked to contribute to this thread. This cent was indeed struck through a die cap. It could have been a late-stage conventional die cap (with the design worn off) or a uniface die cap (never had a design).

[drex]

Thank you for the reply. I was really skeptical about this being an error and not just damage of some sort, so I wanted to get an expert's opinion before I might send it off for grading. Thanks again to everyone who contributed and helped me with this!