Yes that looks like a linear plating bubble across Abe's neck. With regard to the alignment, your coin might have been struck from a slightly misaligned die. Normally, to add value, this must be so extreme that parts of the inscription must be falling off the edge.
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Yes, plating bubble(s), (slight) misaligned die, and early die deterioration--ridge ring beginning to form on the obverse, from the L in LIBERTY through IN...
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