Yep, as Mark said, it is PMD (Post Mint Damage) caused by Coin Wrapping Machine fingers. That's why some coins have a perfect circle scratch and some of the letters pushed in.
Oh yeah - good point - still a 9 but just in a different shape - LOL!!
Did ya ever jump off a 40 foot hill just a touch too fast on your Honda CR250? You still have legs but they are really in different positions - LOL!! That didn't hurt till they started to reset the bone positions!
It is an '8'. Note the upper loop is smaller than the lower loop. The bottom loop was moved/altered. When you look at the base of where it was, note you can still see the wide outline of the lower 8.
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