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1995 Washington Quarter DDO Or Machine Doubled?

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Hi I'm new to coin collecting and still trying to differentiate between machine doubled and DDO or DDR's ... I'm pretty sure this is DDO . any idea what it might be worth?

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 Posted 09/26/2016  06:34 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
to CCF. Hard to tell with that pic but looks MD to me.
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The best way to tell is to have images closer to the coin. Something like this:
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Note how the devices are enlarged. What I can see so far on your coin is that they look normal sized? On 'IN' an 'T' on TRUST it looks like they were flatten during circulation, perhaps a vending machine or counting machine damaged those devices.
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Here's a few closer images .. Ive read that theres a distinct almost seperation? Correct me if I'm wrong tho... But it looks like it only is doubled off of the same angle and Machine Doubling will flatten the edges sometimes on all edges? What I have seems to not be flattened really at all but it looks like a distinct second letter... :/ I would like to take it to a coin shop but any ideas what it might be worth if it is legit DDO?

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That is the dreaded machine damage on those devices. If it were a doubled die, then the devices would be enlarged. On your coin, look at the 'D'? Note how the right side of the loop is reduced from the die movement? When you look at the bottom of the devices, that is what the normal size should be, but part way up, the devices are reduced. Here is a great example:
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Note about 1/2 way down on the device, you can see it is damaged by die bounce/movement after the strike. Kink of like a kick in the shins on the way as it moves away from the coin. Normal die, normal strike, then damaged the devices after the strike. If it were hub doubling the devices would be enlarged, not reduced. Here is a quarter DDO (different year) that shows you what I mean by enlarged:
1995-Washington-Quarter-DDO-Or-Machine-Doubled?
Note how much larger the devices are on this coin. Three is a spread line, and the are notching on the outer corners of the devices. That is what to look for.
They call them a doubled die, because the doubling is on the die, not created by the machine after the strike.
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Ohhh I see... My boyfriend thinks I'm nuts staring at these coins with my glasses and new loupe I've just obtained... It was still exciting finding this one tho even tho its not a doubled die... Thanks guys! I'm sure you'll be hearing from me again!
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