This appears to be damage. PMD The area shows displaced metal and scrape marks which wouldn't have happened during the strike.
When posting images of coins, it's always best to include full images of both sides of the coin, cropped and oriented correctly, and one or two closeup images of the anomaly.
The eagle on a Washinton quarter is perched on a bundle of arrows.
ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!!
































