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The overstamp looks like there is a 1 in front of the 2 in "1942" and is quite noticeable.

However, there is a variety of the 1942-D Mercury dime that is a 2 over 1 also which is less noticeable, for this the best indicator is to look at the "4" it will have what looks like a second tail under it and the "2" will look to have dot right under the far left base.

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