Walk Through Search & ID Of An Jefferson Proof Nickel DDO

1957-P Proof Jefferson nickel DDO

Going through hundreds of these Jefferson nickel proofs determined to get a handle on correctly identifying doubled dies but still a novice only going on my 2nd year of collecting on 2/11/2016.

This is my current Proof Nickel Variety Searching Methodology which as all things could be improved but it works for me so far. kind of...

I have 40 1967-p proof nickels.

With a 1957-p Proof the point of interest for most(not all) of that date's doubled dies on this year is the star, then liberty and the date.

so about 11 coins in I notice this extra distortion in the stars shape under the 15X el cheapo loupe so I put it under the microscope for better view and see the following.









There is something going on there so I head over to BVC to look and see if I can narrow down the options by only writing down DDO #'s with a star like that or matching or close to matching.

I get and switch view to list to get a total number and I see there are 17 1957 proof DDO in total. See link below

http://www2.briansvarietycoins.com/...at/30/simple

so I look at the first one the 1957 WDDO-001 Proof

It does have some similar qualities but I can quickly rule it out as the right side of the star is different

so on to the next one 1957 WDDO-002 Proof

which is a very weak DDO and can instantly be ruled out without much thought


so on too 1957 WDDO-003 Proof

ok we ave a lot of similarities on this one !!

looks like it could be a match but I feel my example might just be slightly strong of a strike and more pronounced

So I note this 1957 WDDO-003 Proof possible match

but Very Important sometimes DDO share similar features so best to check all of them in-case a better match

So I go down the list and see find a close match to it and write down the possibilities.

1957 WDDO-003 Proof
1957 WDDO-004 Proof
1957 WDDO-011 Proof
1957 WDDO-016 Proof








Ok now I look at the markers.. mind you sometimes there are no matching markers

1957 WDDO-003 Proof ? could not see marker areas clearly - still possible but no confirmation move along





1957 WDDO-004 Proof there was no Die gouges below ST and second T of STATES on reverse nor was there a Die scratch above RT of LIBERTY on the obverse. - could see area clearly they are not present

NO Die gouges below ST and second T of STATES




1957 WDDO-011 Proof ok the Close Class II doubling TY on LIBERTY on the 011 was not present - we can eliminate this one now

No doubling TY on LIBERTY


1957 WDDO-016 Proof there is something in correct area might be a Die dot below US of PLURIBUS.







I can't figure out the area to the right of the temple -(eye line) they show in image
there should be a Short die gouge in Jefferson's hair to right of his temple. ?

But I still believe it is a 1957 WDDO-016 Proof as we have one marker and closest star match


Any comments, suggestions or feedback welcome





Result 10 regular coins coin #11 a 1957-p WDDO-016 29 coins let for another time