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Would this be considered damage ?
dagingerbeasttt
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I am kinda confused on how the mint mark can sit so deep inside of the coin yet remains undamaged ? 
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Hard to tell, is the mintmark in a depression or is it raised on a mound? Looks like Post mint damage to me, but hard to tell from pic...
How about a normal picture?
Lance.
It's PMD as it seems to have been hit with a hammer & punch.
Can't tell anything from that image.
I see a black blob?
Hard to tell
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I figured it out. Just zinc rot. Ik my picture skills suck guys so just be patient with me please lol
I think your picture probably shows what you wanted to show quite well!
The issue seems to be that for an "oddity" like this, most people would like to see a boring old full sized coin photo to go with it. That way, they can get a feel for what else might be going on, get a feel for sizes and locations, authenticity, etc.
Always a good idea to include the whole coin, and then work your way down to the area of interest.
A lot of new posters have been throwing up zoomed pictures, with the request: "What is this?" It's like a eye test, or something.
Yep... with a full picture and a detailed picture, we then know 'the rest of the story'....Cheers, RickO
I understand you sir and I already tossed the penny because I came to conclusion of zinc rot that just hasn't reached the mm yet. But to give you an idea the mint mark set inside the coin pretty deep. The blob was a chunk missing
It's damaged
Notice the difference here. This OP determined it was zinc rot after all, and did not double down on some crazy theory about it being some rare, unexplainable error. I hope that attitude is contagious.
He is finding some real errors because he does not get hung up too long on stuff that is just damaged or ordinary. Other newer posters have us squinting at coins to find hidden messages that aren't there or to imagine die characteristics that are misidentified.
Thank jbk
@Dagingerbeasttt mark my words....not too long from now you will be the one answering the questions from newbies asking about their error coins (real or imagined).
Well I shall take that in stride friend . Thank you !