1976 P Eisenhower Type 1 Error Believed To Be Foreign Object Damage; Opinions?

Thank you to those who replied so far; very helpful. Here are additional pictures without the coin holder. Including one of the coin's reed edge, which also sustained damage.

Thank you for the welcomes Cujohn and John1.

The edge tells me it is a mint error. I agree with the struck through theory, but adding, The struck through may have collapsed during the strike. Thus the hint of the push out on the reverse, but not enough to expose the push out fully. Looks like a deep incuse because of the light/shadows on the affected area. Or it may caused the MD on the devices. It all is strike related. Normal die. Not a DDR. Very nice find.

Thank you for your comments Coop. After you pointed out on the reverse the slight outlining of the strike through, I can see it on the coin.

I now notice that the lunar craters are machine doubled, displaced to the southeast, like the lettering along the top rim of the coin.

Looking at the reed edge, it looks as if one face of the coin was rotated a couple of degrees due to the lateral forces caused by whatever got caught between the die and planchet during the die strike.

I agree that this error is genuine, in addition to the nature of the error, because I found it in a (most likely machine) sewn shut cloth mint bag of brand new uncirculated bicentennial Ikes from the Philadelphia Mint. If someone else saw this coin before I did, I am sure I would have never found it!

That's an incredible find, congrats!

Very nice find!

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