Looks like post-mint damage, possibly from a coin rolling and wrapping machine.
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Looks like post-mint damage, possibly from a coin rolling and wrapping machine.
Right, makes sense thanks a lot
Yep, machine damage.
it is called 'damage'
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If it was a Latin American coin, I'd call it an assayer mark, "N" with a backwards "L".
Yep...just PMD.... Cheers, RickO