Posted 10/22/2015 09:22 am
Yes it is VLDS on the obverse and Machine damaged on the reverse. The best way to tell is to look at the color of the devices. On a normal device the color helps you to see the contour of the devices. From a single light source you can see the light fade into darkness on the devices. Usually on side will be bright and other darker.
Note the lower example of color from light to dark. The upper example is showing the MD as a flat line. The color doesn't get light or darker because the MD flattens that side of the device. So it shows just one color in that area, rather than the fading color. This is an illustration. But is it true on coins. Well I edited a set of images that shows what I'm taking about.
Note the single color where there is MD on all images. No fading from light to dark in those areas. Thus the flat shelf like look show just one color. (no fading in those areas)
On your you can see the same thing happening. Also on MD examples, the overall devices are reduced in size. On a doubled die they are enlarged:
Hope this helps with identifying MD and hub doubled devices.
Note the lower example of color from light to dark. The upper example is showing the MD as a flat line. The color doesn't get light or darker because the MD flattens that side of the device. So it shows just one color in that area, rather than the fading color. This is an illustration. But is it true on coins. Well I edited a set of images that shows what I'm taking about.
Note the single color where there is MD on all images. No fading from light to dark in those areas. Thus the flat shelf like look show just one color. (no fading in those areas)
On your you can see the same thing happening. Also on MD examples, the overall devices are reduced in size. On a doubled die they are enlarged:
Hope this helps with identifying MD and hub doubled devices.
