Coin roll damage to a coin that was in the till, then a new roll of cents was dumped onto the coin. Note how the damage if spaced the same? That is from a batch of coins that were stacked fell on the area of the coin. Just damage to the coin. If it were punches as your mentioned from the strike, there where are the rest of the punches that would come from the die? Everything would be altered over the whole coin? That was not the case. Just damage on that area. When you look closer at those areas, you can see where the metal was pushed, creating a wave of metal to the south of each hit. The the metal was moved on that one area in circulation. (hope this helps)