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As I've been examining current nickels under magnification, I have found many examples of this strange little lump. I have started calling it Jefferson's Doorstop. It's a little bump or line on the floor of the right archway. There is a Variety Vista entry for a full-blown DDR version, but I have seen the doorstop so often that I can't believe it is part of any doubling. The VDDR catalog questions whether the phenomenon appears on a working hub or even a master die. My collage includes images from 2022-P and 2023-P nickels, so the lump isn't contained to one year. It doesn't appear on all nickels, but it does appear on many. http://www.varietyvista.com/04d%20J...2PDDR001.htmFor your consideration, Jefferson's Doorstop:   |
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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.  Edited by Dutch-Tigger
07/07/2023 12:30 pm
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The placement and size are very consistent for a die chip. But it's a possibility.
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Well, I think that the door hinges are on the right side, so this could be the daily paper that was dropped off..
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I like what Dutch-Tigger said, Could be gouge on the Master Die, and it was re-used for the following year as well, maybe?  Can you post up one full reverse image for reference? |
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Pillar of the Community
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daily paper sounds like a good explanation
somethng that common has to be hub or master related, no?
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I think that's where the Variety Vista guys were going when they tagged the comment: "More research is needed to determine if this is a doubled Working Hub or possibly a doubled Master Die."
Although their example listed is way more pronounced than just this little bit of metal.
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Well, I think that the door hinges are on the right side, so this could be the daily paper that was dropped off .  This feels like a better explanation over all the other's. |
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Pillar of the Community
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So, Jefferson's Morning Paper?  |
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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.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Interesting finds.  Errers and Varietys.
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