Error wheat penny

Hey everybody- I was going through my old coin books because they're getting ratty and need to be replaced. In the wheat penny book I got to looking at the different types of damage on some of these coins. My only 1909 is in pretty bad shape... for instance. Anyway, I noticed some odd surface problems on this 1935 (picture). I'd like to see if anyone knows what you would call this type of error.... ? this has been sitting in the book since the 70's so I don't know how I missed it.. what can I say?

Of course i didn't clean it at all. This is how i found it.

Tom

 

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No error.

It's post mint damage(PMD).

If that were cause by the die being deteriorated it would be raised not recessed, or incused as it is.

 

Almost looks like a staple strike through..

 

Wouldn't that be relatively straight rather than follow the outline of the design like the OPs?

 

That's what I think. The rest of the coin is actually very clean. It seems to follow the curve of the figure, but nothing else....