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Valued Member
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I am not sure if I have that worded correctly, but was wondering how to tell a true DDO? I can't get a clear enough picture with my phone and loupe, but I have a 1968d penny and on the date as well as on the D there is a slight outline tracing them.. I have read through a few posts and looked at some of the pictures and am not sure how to fully tell. I wish I would have been able to get a clear picture of it, but neither loupe nor phone would cooperate.. I hope without a picture you are able to answer my question, if not I will have to do a bit more research and try and figure it out. It is so slight it may not even matter anyways. Thank you! |
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Valued Member
United States
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Keyword Wexler's Die Varieties and you should find what you are looking for and how to distinguish a double die from what appears to be one. I was having the same problem yesterday with what appeared to be a 1955-S DDR but unfortunately it turned out to be a 1955-S MDR machine damage reverse. |
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Thank you.. I've been reading a lot of this site, but apparently haven't ran across that yet.. I am finding so much great info and pictures.. It's often frustrating trying to decipher damage to mint error..
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Valued Member
United States
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A good example of a MD vs DDO or DDR is my post from yesterday. The 1955-S Lincoln Cent DDR. There are some photos there to look at and comments from the experts. They are very informative. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Thank you, I will certainly go and look at that..
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Valued Member
United States
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hmmm, coop is quite informative! I like the pictures of the differences..
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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See if this helps?  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Bingo! I have 3 like that.. thank you.. :)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Keep in mind that the MD can show in any direction from coin to coin. It doesn't always look the same on all coins struck in that run:  Note the different areas affect from strike to strike? (note the die scratch SE-NW between the 1 & 9? That shows that all these examples were from the same run for that die pair. |
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interesting. I have yet to find a roll with all the same coins though.. a month ago I knew nothing about pennies other than they spend 1c. Today I know more than I thought there was to know.. Its actually addicting to learn so much on something like this.. :)
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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This is an old picture of Coop's, but it is to the point and should help you a lot.  There are other forms of worthless doubling and valuable doubling, but this is a good starting foundation for you. |
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Posted 11/17/2015 1:45 pm
