in my ongoing quest for varieties, and/or errors that might be of interest, I have found this 1995P cent. there is a raised streak of metal starting just above pluribus continuing south on the coin through the Lincoln memorial and nearly to the bottom of the coin. I am not sure what it is called but I am fairly certain it is not damage - nor an ordinary part of a normal coin. information is appreciated. thanks.
I think that would be a die crack. And the faint stairs in the middle I think it is Struck Through Grease, but this is only my opinion. I am still learning.
I would say the raised line is a die crack and the steps were taken out by a greased filled die. Now if the die crack went from rim to rim it would be a retained die crack.
The line is straight and soft-edged. That's definitely NOT a die crack. It's actually an elongated gas bubble where something was on the strip of metal that was eventually cut into blanks, upset, then plated in copper. The copper didn't properly adhere to the stripe of inpurity and you end up with this.
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