Extensive subsidence and polishing around the date area, as noted, resulted in some of the coin metal being pushed out from the 1 digit in the date. When the planchet was struck, some of the coin metal flowed out of the heavily-polished 1 digit area and into the sunken field directly adjacent, creating the appearance of a die chip. The 6 and 7 appear to have
Strike Doubling to the east that may have been exacerbated by the heavily worn dies, allowing the planchet to "bounce" slightly when struck.
The heavy polishing lines (raised on the coin and incuse on the die) are a sign of a deteriorated die which was polished (abraded) and remained in service.
I would expect this defect on the 1 to be considered a strike artifact which occurred due to extensive repolishing and recutting of a very worn die, in line with Mr. Coop and E&V.
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