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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rmpsrpms, post: 3854672, member: 31773&quot;]You are incorrect. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, if indeed those were die chips, they would be extremely interesting ones indeed! Most die chips occur in areas of high die stress, or along areas where a die crack has occurred. The usual ones happen on areas where the die has a &quot;bump&quot; such as the pieces of die that create the corresponding &quot;holes&quot; in letters or numbers, thus creating a &quot;filled letter&quot; or &quot;filled number&quot;. The B of LIBERTY is common for this, as is the middle of the 9 in the date. For some reason the bump in the die between the B and E of LIBERTY is also a point of high stress, and often breaks off, creating a BIE. Occasionally there are die chips between the other letters of LIBERTY, creating an IIB, a EIR, or even RIT. </p><p><br /></p><p>What I think you are saying when you describe this DDO as instead having die chips is that you believe this to be a TIY. The problem is that die chips never exactly follow the edge of the design. The fact that the area of the field to SW of the Y exactly matches both the vertical and the left upper arm of the Y shows that it could not be a die chip. </p><p><br /></p><p>One remote possibility, which would also be extremely interesting, is that this was created by re-engraving of the working die or even the master die. This was a common thing to do to enhance features. In fact this coin exhibits evidence of re-engraving around the profile, especially on the forehead and forelock. You can see those features in the high resolution image linked to above. That re-engraving is incuse on the coin, so was likely done on the working hub. In the case of this coin, if indeed the feature was added and since it is raised on the coin, it would have been done on the working die. That would also explain why it does not show up on more working dies. However I can&#039;t think of a reason why a mint employee would need to emphasize the southwest corner of the Y of LIBERTY. I guess it could have been done intentionally, to create a special variety coin, but this feature is microscopic in nature, and 1942 was prior to the craze that happened after the 1955 doubled die, so the public was not yet attuned to looking for these sorts of things. </p><p><br /></p><p>In this case the hub was slightly offset during a first partial hubbing of the die. This commonly creates a &quot;doubled eye&quot; doubled die when the hub is offset to the east, but in this case the hub was offset to the southwest. The die metal is convex prior to hubbing, so the central portions of the hub hit the die first, thus impressing the central elements first. This is why the Y is doubled, with the T only showing a small amount of doubling, and the R little or none.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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