The "IN" could be just a very slight Struck Through Grease error, blocking the deeper device slightly making these devices look wider. I see no evidence of notching on these devices in this area. So it may just be from a normal die. I check the 1970 motto and they look thick er than the other years, so in 1969 they may have changed the obverse die? They changed the cent that year.
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