1988 D Cent Is Ready For Its Debut

Given the images posted, I'm seeing what appears to be a ridge ring running through IN GOD WE TRUST--an indicator of Die Deterioration. Can't detect anything else.

Looks pretty normal so far.



to the CCF!

On the single squeeze dies, they breakdown different from the other ones in the past. The Term DDD ( Die Deterioration Doubling) is seen on these Single squeeze dies. This affects the fields first:

First Stage (Fields affected):






Second Stage (Ridge Ring):


Continues to breakdown even more. Rises to the occasion:





Third Stage (Die polishing):
When the dies are polished to rescue these dies for a few more coins, then we note the ridge is gone, but the devices are reduced:


This process is different than the previous dies. All are die wear. But on the Single squeeze dies the fields are affected. On the multi hub dies, tye outer edge first starts to be affected, and as the die continues to ages, they they devices start moving towards the rims:







Again this is part of the die wear patterns that we note today. They are all die wear, but show differently because of the ways the dies were created. DDD is used for the single squeeze dies and the Die wear I feel on the multiple hub dies is the profiles are different. The lower profiles seem to be the issues on the Single squeeze dies. On the older dies, the higher profiles cause the devices to wear first. (anyway that is what I attribute the differences to)

CoopHome: Die wear is always the same or can there be different die wear issues?

Just one coin per thread. If you find several with the same issue, they can be covered by just one example that would be the same diagnosis for the rest. I have lots of images of many different subjects. All ready to go and loaded for this purpose.