I'm thinking it's neither. It's certainly not a mint error, there's not much in the production process that would cause this appearance. It looks like it might've got caught in some kind of piece of machinery that had gears or teeth of some kind. Whatever it was happened a long time ago because there is even patina across the face of the coin. you can trust that it's damage and does not add value to the coin.
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Ok it's a error or one damn crazy good fake but it's got these like teeth marks on the front and some faint letters it seems but on the back it has less marks and has clear letters stamped on it idk if it's legit tho would really appreciate some advice on it I'm new to the coin collecting scene and I have a bunch of pics with a usb microscope my email is laftgfajf@gmail.com
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