1996 P Quarter Die chip ?

[godaichan]

Is this just die chip or something else ?

[MintErrors]

That is what it looks like to me. The something else may be limited to a small fragment, a very minor struck through. The metal composition looks the same, so it probably was not dropped on the coin from something else. Die chips were pretty common prior to 2002 or so. The QA got a lot better after that. Less error coins were able to escape.

The metal flow on the obverse of that coin looks weird as well. Almost looks as if it was soaked in something.

[godaichan]

Die chip usually stay by the design but this one stays in the middle of the field itself. So I thought it could be something else.