1961 cent with lamination error & damage?

There is a lot going on with this one. I got it from my kid brother who got it from his father-in-law; I believe he bought it for about $10 in a souvenir store in Albuquerque forty plus years ago. My brother gave it to me because he knows I like things like this and will never sell it.

The lamination is obvious, but I have a few questions for the group.

1. The bright colored areas above LIBERTY - is this from the lamination breaking away years later, or from someone trying to exaggerate the error?
2. At 10 on the edge below IN are two indentations, and additional damage about 8: damage or error? I can't figure out how that would happen during production. 3rd photo shows this from the edge.
3. Same question at the top of the coin where the rim and lettering are distorted; the 4th & 5th photos show the edge there.
4. The diagonal striations from ST down and left are a bit odd, and match up with where the lamination is slightly folded back coming from U.
5. The round spot on the lapel - reminds me of the great orange spot on Jupiter, but I don't think this is a storm. Probably just a stain.

The only thought I had was that due to the detached lamination, the coin was damaged somehow while being moved into or out of the dies? Probably not.



The reverse looks to have been struck through grease at beginning of the motto.


Edge at about 8 o-clock


From the top edge

 

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Since the composition was 5% tin and zinc, I wonder if the silver-colored area is a hunk of tin or zinc that did not mix into the alloy properly? That coin is seriously wacky.

 

I know, right!
Let's call it "The land of laminations"!