2021p cent... reverse lamination peel?

This is out of a box of 2021 cents from the bank. It sure looks like a lamination peel to me, but not sure.

 

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Neat. Some sort of Planchet Anomoly..
An anomoly is what I describe something between an error and damage.

Many will argue that Lamination issues do not occur on Copper plated zinc cents but I have an attributed example.

 

Looks like it could be a folded over rim burr.

 

Rim burr,I don't recall seeing lamination's on coins this modern but I guess its possible.

 

A rim burr is generally a small 'slice' of metal from the
rim of the coin, that gets folded over the planchet before
it's struck.

 

So that's not just a scratch?

 

It might be. But I thought the rims are disturbed on these.

Here, contrast with these 1998-Ds (two different coins). See the overlay on the compromised rims?

 

The area in question on this coin looks a lot different compared to the OP coin.

 

Good point, and I'd say usually, but not always, the
rim damage shows.

Aside from the 'color change' on the Kennedy, the
Cent and Half dollar look very similar.

 

I mean the shape of the extra pc. of metal, not the rims,
which are different on the two coins.

 

Cool. Interesting.

 

Struck through unretained rim burr in my opinion.

Too much light and not close enough but the circled area below might have the story to tell.