Vein on Abraham?

This 1999 penny seems to have a "vein" on the top of Abraham's head, just below his hair? Am I just over thinking it, or is this a minor error? (It's easier to see in person.) I'm probably just over thinking. Lol.
(Sorry, bad pics.)

 

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Oops! I just noticed the same shape on another coin. How do I delete this thread???

 

Can't, it's here forever....but we don't hold it against you

 

Awesome. lol.

 

Are you sure about that?

 

We all make mistakes and at my age I tend to forget things like this very easily.

 

Reminds me of a girl I used to know...

 

A die crack or die scratch on the forehead is a pretty common location on older copper wheat cents. On newer copper plated zinc cents you can also get plating blisters that look a little similar.

 

That's the cranial-temporal vein. There's one of these on each side of the cranial-frontal lobe. Or it sounds it could be, don't it?