2001-P Vermont State Quarter - Possible Mint Error

I am very new to the world of coin collecting. I have the subject coin but am not sure if its a damaged coin or a mint error. How do I find out the answer?

 

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It isn’t very much damaged. Any time you see raised metal, scrapes, and other things, you can almost with 100% assurity write it off as damage.

 

The diamond pattern is characteristic of a coin that was crushed in a bench vice.

PMD = Post Minting Damage

Worth $0.25

 

Definitely Damaged and welcome to CT.

 

Ask yourself this, out of all the coins you've seen and handled how could this have occurred at the Mint?

 

It's been squeezed in a vice among other things. Worth almost 25 cents.

 

Thanks everyone!