Double lips, machine damage 1 & 9 with a die chip divided on the 1, die wear dissolving the D south. So why don't we see the Machine Doubling on the 5 & 8?
Sometimes it affects just the mint mark. Probably during ejection it was bumped because sometimes it is the tallest device. Depending how deeply into the die it punched.
Looks like a fading die gouge. To wide to be a die scratch. In the fields the die flattens scratches/gouges/polishing until they are seen on the area near or inside the devices.
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