Viper, what might be required here is for another one of these to show up until then I think there will always be doubts. Just the same if it helps I'll be looking for one.
Not seen this before but will be certain to look again and in the future; seems like some sort of tooling gouge but in a strange place. I even wondered about the smaller gouge above the date. I do love a mystery.
Thanks for all the answers guys! I can tell you for sure that it is not Post-mint damage. In my opinion it was either grease filled or tooling ? There has to be more out there....
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