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merclover, Did you mean DDO? John1  |
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Hi everyone I found the coin in the UK where I live, I buy ,25 dollar boxes from the states and go though them, and yes I meant DDO ILL Post some more pics if I can thanks ,Alun . |
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So what is the difference between split plating and this DDO? What am I missing? |
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There is some slight Machine Doubling on the motto devices. Split plating is an issue seen often on the reverse side of the Memorial cents on the USA area new the rims. Thus the color there will be gray, exposing the zinc planchet, and zinc rots sets in:    This is not a plus for the coin, but actually is a breakdown on the coin was it continues to age and get zinc rot. The count down has already started on these coins. CoopHome: What is split plating? during the strike, the strike/looseness of the machine splits the plating. this exposes the zinc and give it oxygen. the color will be gray and zinc rot will set in. so this is not a good thing. But when purchasing coins, make sure those areas are not showing the split plating. on cent obverse look at the SE area of the mintmark. Just make sure there is not issue there if you are a RPM collector:  |
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I do not see enough evidence from OP pictures to say this is Definitely a DDO. No evidence of any Die Markers, etc. |
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No evidence of any Die Markers, etc. ? The die chip in the 4? The thickness of the letters and numbers is the most obvious tell for this being the DDO. It is abnormally strong especially when compared to a normal cent. |
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Thankyou very much for everyones comments especially coop for the images, I believe we have found a 2014 p wddo 003!! Great thanks to everyone else who has commented, love Alun
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 This is a great find of an American DDO found in England!  |
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Very Nice Find! I was having trouble seeing the DDO. Images helped. |
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Nice find. No doubt about it.
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Great doubled die for sure. As for Machine Doubling being seen in some letters there is none. Typical of how the strike is the wear on the die and the outside of the devices to look like MD under a scope. Md isn't as common on shield cents as everyone says I see it used as a blanket term all the time on FB etc when it really is just reflection doubling and wear of the die ( Die Deterioration) around close to the devices. Here's what Machine Doubling looks like on a 2018 compare.  The md can be seen going southwest in the 018. Compared to the "md" in ops images it wouldn't not have the slight glare and flow that it had. |
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