There are raised areas between the branches and leaves of the laurels as well as above the "B" in "PLURIBUS." They don't appear to be die chips, as they're still separated from the details of the coin (rather than just being a blob that attaches to the raised areas directly).
That is die wear. Note the fields that are normally shiny? They are starting to fill with what is called die flow. They get a lot worse as the dies are used passed normal retirement. The die that struck your coin has a lot more work to do, before it is retirement time.
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