Contact with the reeds from another coin: Rest of the damage to the coin may have happened after the strike. Compare this damage from coin to coin to see if it is exactly the same, or just looks like the same. Unless it is an exact match, then it would not be a die issue.
Then it is probably an issue with die scratches on the fields. Not a premium item, but looking deeper we can see if was a die event that caused the field damage. (That is how all learn. Dig deeper, but hope someone does buy you: The sad part of this is that the man in the hole, looks a lot like me.
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