Strike Through? Or Something Else? On A PL 1885 O Morgan

I am thinking PMD.
The mashed-up denticles and letters in the part of the damage gives away the verdict to me.
And because the locations of the damage match up, I'd say that it was squeezed by a vise or something in that area.

wouldn't the denticles be completely flatted out if a vise would squeeze the coin so hard that parts of "PL" disappeard completely.

don't have an explanation on my own though...

Probably planchet, the planchet was probably cut close to the point where the strip started to taper and it was just a little thin right there.

PMD was my first thought as it always is in these strange findings, But there is not any marks above or below the "line" if you will. And the reeding is perfect and the rest of the coin is in good shape , probably a 63 might make PL. The only thing that I can think of that would make a mark like this is if someone put the coin in a vise or something and squeezed it, but that would leave more marks on the rim if it was enough pressure to squish the dentils and remove tops of letters. And I would think and the Tops of the Letter would not just be totally gone. And besides, why would someone put a coin in a vise and squeeze it? To make it talk? Maybe it was at Gitmo and had some terrorist ties. Come to think of it I noticed a small piece of cloth in Liberty's mouth, evidence of waterboarding?