'39 Jefferson Lamination Error?

[WheatFromChaff]

.....or good ole PMD? I was about to throw it back when I realized that the lettering was still present on the disturbed portion of the coin. Pictures below are shown with no magnification and at 10x with a Hastings triplet lens.



Thank you in advance for your feedback and HH all!

 

[galenrog]

PMD. Very likely parking lot damage. I’ve seen worse.

Time for more coffee.

 

[WheatFromChaff]

I should've known. Back to the wild it goes!