PMD. I thought so. I even thought it was way afterwards. Like a random person tried to hole-punch the coin, but I have a hole-punched penny though. A lot of coins are hole-punched for jewelry.
A serious comment here @AnnaThomas8 … if you feel like you want to keep error searching at least look at the basics of the minting process. Just a little knowledge there will allow you to skip soooo many coins when you know what could or could not happen during the minting process. It’ll give you much more time to focus on coins that could be errors…. Give me a moment, I think the mints website has a page that introduces the process. If I can find it I’ll post it in a moment in a new post.
Looks like there are three actually…. https://www.usmint.gov/learn/production-process/coin-production https://www.usmint.gov/learn/production-process/die-making https://www.usmint.gov/learn/production-process/sculpting
The edges around the impact point are too sharp & defined. I'd say someone used a punch or similar tool that's used to punch holes in metal. During my childhood, we shot so many coins with pellet and bb guns, the damage is unmistakenly recognizable. The impact point would be surrounded by a more of a bent metal physical appearance, rather than a very sharp/defined area as this coin displays. When shot with a pellet or bb gun, the material around the impact point also absorbs a lot of the energy from the projectile. This causes the coins material around the impact point to bend in the same direction that the projectile was traveling. On this coin, there is no evidence of material around the impact point being subjected to energy, only restricted to the damaged area itself. For this reason, a punch resting against the coin and being hit with a hammer or a tool specifically used to punch holes in metal is the only logical culprit.
