On a coin that has a deep scratch but no wear after the time of the scratch, the scratch shows up much like a furrow in a ploughed field, where the edges of the furrow are small ridges, higher than the surrounding field. This feature much harder to detect on a coin that has sustained circulation wear after the time of the scratch.
The small pic suggests to me that the line in the field is a scratch
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