Chop mark, countermark, or other damage?

What do you all think this mark is on the coin? In searching countermarks, the closest I could find was a partial fleur-de-lis, but I have little experience with chop marks.

The corresponding spot on the reverse is slightly raised with flattened devices (see circled section below) as you would expect from a high pressure incuse stamp.

 

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It looks almost like a "2" to me.

 

..........or a 9 or a 6, but it doesn't look like a chop mark. In any case, it's probably PMD.

Chris

 

I believe it's PMD too.

Bruce

 

Looks like damage.

 

So it does, or maybe the top part of a 3. It's very similar to the font on the date and denomination.

I think it's probably damage myself, but it's really unusual damage. In hand it has the look of a countermark, but more crude. Whatever it is it's been on the coin for a long time.

 

I think it's an attempt to make a "G"

 

Chopmarks and countermarks are damage.