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1978 S Dime, Normal Or DDO?

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This 1978 S dime caught my eye when I first glanced at it. When I compare it to other 1978 S dimes, to me the lettering in "we trust" is extra thick, with some very mild extra thickness in the designers initials and the 9 and 7 of the date. However, I have also noticed that there is some extra thickness visible across all of the 1978 S dimes I have compared it to which makes me think this could just be some form of master hub or working hub doubling.
What do you guys think?
Thanks everyone.

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1978-S-Dime,-Normal-Or-DDO?
1978-S-Dime,-Normal-Or-DDO?
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SilverStackerKid Would have been nice to post the complete obverse of this Roservelt Dime...
A close-up of the characters doesn't give a good perspective to give you a legitimate answer...
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I'm thinking it's just a later struck proof coin with some deterioration. I have noticed that proofs tend to look thicker sometimes too with the frosting than the business strikes.
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SilverStackerKid Would have been nice to post the complete obverse of this Roservelt Dime...
A close-up of the characters doesn't give a good perspective to give you a legitimate answer...


Thank you, I will post good pics of the obverse if it is necessary, I just thought it looked like a bad picture of a dime from my phone camera but I will get my photo setup going if needed. I apologize and thank you for the suggestion.


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I'm thinking it's just a later struck proof coin with some deterioration. I have noticed that proofs tend to look thicker sometimes too with the frosting than the business strikes.


This is a good suggestion I can see that being the case. Some frosted deterioration and other things making it look thicker than normal.
I think the things that stand out to me the most would be how small the inner circle of the R, and how long the U is in Trust. The 7 looks extra thick on the top.
I'm sure it isn't a DDO like most things but this one just looks extra thick and peaked my curiosity
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Here is yours beside a random example from PCGS, they look to be very similar in size. See what you think.


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Wow great editing I appreciate you putting that together for us, thank you. The 1 and 8 look normal, and I change my mind about the 7 I think it looks pretty normal too. The 9 still looks somewhat thick to me but this is probably normal considering everything else. I just can't get over how thick "Trust" looks but it is also probably normal for the series. Thank you for the help -makecents-
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Good Job, -makecents-!
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Makecents nailed it. I agree.
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very nice close up images from the OP, but it is usually customary to show full coin images of both sides every time.

(nice job @ Makecents!)
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