1964 letter on the side? 0

[NativeNat-ly]

I'm definitely not an expert by far, but it looks like a letter on the side. Anyone know? Only other thing I see different is the line down the column. Sorry about fuzzy pics. 

 

[Greenstang]

Just damage, it has taken a hit with something. It is impossible for that to happen during the striking of a coin.

The lines on the column look incuse which means they are probably just a scratch.

[Mohawk]

6 hours ago, Greenstang said:

Just damage, it has taken a hit with something. It is impossible for that to happen during the striking of a coin.

The lines on the column look incuse which means they are probably just a scratch.

Agreed with Greenstang on all points.  PMD all around.

[JKK]

It's deceptive because I can see where it looks like a letter, or part of one. The problem there would be: in such a case, there would be other letters near that one, plus probably a rim, and I don't see any sign of that sort of thing. A die would not do that because a die is incuse and would not cause an incuse marking. In the absence of a plausible mint error scenario one has to default to the most common explanation of PMD.

[Conder101]

Think "dropped letter".  Problem is no letter that size on the one cent piece has serifs like that.  So that pretty much eliminates a dropped letter.  So I would have to agree, some form of PSD.