Jefferson's Doorstop (2022-P)

Greetings, I'm going to go down the Die Chip road on this, based on what you're describing not being on all, but inconsistently on random years and a modest consistency.
It is evident on many coins now sporting such involved/ busy designs that a spot of vulnerability exists in certain locations on designs of coins that most are even a given to be found.
So I vote fore Die Chip. We wait to hear from others now.

Well, I think that the door hinges are on the right side, so this could be the daily paper that was dropped off..

daily paper sounds like a good explanation

somethng that common has to be hub or master related, no?

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This feels like a better explanation over all the other's.

Just wanted to update this thread. I ran across this same feature on a 2025-P nickel. So it was still being repeated in the design at least three years after 2022.

I don't pretend to know how the working hubs are made now but I think there would be the potential for too much variation between them if each were machined. So many factors come into play - slight variations in material composition and hardness, tool wear and deflection, table accuracy (best is .0004"), tood indexing accuracy, even machine operating termp: cold vs. warm. I've worked and CNCs and had to hold tight tolerances.

For arguments sake, let's say a detail it 1/64 deep (.0156"). I would think the potential variation could be about .002". That's a 10% difference and could make a huge visual impact. To give it some perspective, the human eye can see a step in a part that is .0001" different.