The lines you see above the IN and UST are Strike Doubling. I see this all the time on zinc cents especially - in fact it's a rarity not to see this kind of doubling / shadowing.
Chuck is correct. This is all the result of die deterioration/deformation. The low ridge just inside the design rim and the incuse doubling of the last digit of the date are typical manifestations.
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