Yes! Another 1944 DDO Pretty Sure?

The "9" of the date looks right. The "44" of the date looks funky. I don't have my example close to me to look at it to compare. If I had to choose an answer and stick with it, I'd give this one a thumbs up because of the really thick looking "9".

Yikes! The "44" just brought flashbacks of me looking through a bag of 1964 and 64-D cents for that infamous "4" issues.... that was some crazy eye crossed experiences there.

I suggest going to http://www.coppercoins.com and looking to see if you can match up any of the "markers" or identifiers for this coin, just to make sure. Markers may or may not be there - depends on what stage your coin was struck at, and what coppercoins has in pictures. Yeah I seen you said you looked there already, but I thought I would add the caveat about the markers sometimes not being there.....

I will say Good Find Deb ! Until it is debunked by some one who has coin in hand to match it up.

I agree. I had to rotate the image of the date to horizontal, but it is normal die that struck your coin. Keep looking.

A side point on the 1944 cents: There was master die doubling in certain area near the date. Here is what to watch for:

It is in the master die for all of the 1944 cents.

The master die passed down these imperfections to all three mints dies. The number of this event would be large. (Hard to say what the percentage is?) So they would be very common with this on normal coins for that year. When something is common it is not a premium for a coin from that year. Many years have events that happen to them. Something we note on one year may have been happening for several years as it was part of the design of the coinage. That would be an interesting theme for a thread. If you have my DVD you can see some of these thing covered in the coin information sections. So I won't added it to this thread.
(Best to keep thread with the general theme of the discussion. If someone is doing a search for a certain comment/image it would be easier to find under a thread with that question asked.)

So what you are saying is they are master die doubled but that was common even though this coin has markers that state it is a DDO? The die crack up the lapel, the die scratch below the bust and another one I can't remember right now. Why would this coin not be considered a DDO even though the date could be a master die double?
Thanks Coop, you do explain well but I am still lost on this one.
Deb

Here is an image showing the varing strengths of the class 6 DDO on the date for this year. (Not all of course, but a range of difference.)

Another huge order came today, and among them, a few 1944-P's to fill the gaps where rolls were short. I have found 3 that look like this;

THEY GOTS Horns !