1942(P) Type 1 Jefferson Nickel: Possible DDO?

You usually will really see a notch on the right leg of R in trust. The "notches" you're seeing have no corresponding line emanating from them, suspect faulty die.?

I'm only seeing it on TR lower left, its so slight I'm thinking this is master die doubling on a newer/less used die. I see no other signs other than a globby curve on 2, but don't think that's anything.

On second thought, that 2 bugs me, I'm thinking you may have a VLDS because of die flows. See:
http://varietyvista.com/04a%20JN%20...2PDDO006.htm

As in CrazyB0's pic, I think your notching shows a definite DDO with some MD also. Maybe a bit of die stress in there as well.

We all new its not impossible to find new varieties.

I looked in my best of the Jefferson doubled dies book and did not see anything to attribute this to but that last image shows some promise. I don't see anything on the date except maybe at the base of the 1.

It is a real Doubled Die as I can see notching on the T in Trust. Also shows MD or DDD.

Good sleuthing there Crazyb0

Oops, think we all have egg on our faces now!

So if it's not a type of DD can anybody address all the little notches in the letters? Never saw that before on a normal minted coin.

A message from a fellow coin family member about this thead:
[quote[Hi Richard
Thanks for responding to Spruett's 1942 nickel post. Can you explain it a bit further to me, still a bit confused. On his redone second pic I do see a definite indication of notching. Is this then a strike motion/movement or product of Die Deterioration? To me, this looked hub doubled but was strange because of die state. Thanks.
Butch Lindahl[/quote]
I thought I would share it here on the forum as others may have wondered what I saw as not hub doubling.

Sometimes MD can mimic hub doubling. But on hub doubling there should be a spread/enlargement of the devices. When you look at these images, you see enlargement from the die wear distorting the overall shape of the devices. (especially in the direction towards the rims) But what looks like a notching, does not enlarge the device. That should happen on a doubled die. MD will only alter the devices by reducing them. If there is evidence of other areas of the devices being affected by MD, then it is save to bet that the areas showing not showing MD, can be masking to look like MD. On the image I have of MD you can see that the MD is not the same on all the devices.

MD can alter each device because of the die swing/movement during the strike. On hub doubling you see sometimes a uniform movement of the devices:

Notching is also a uniform thing, but can vary, but overall can be the same then taper on later devices.

Note how the hub doubling enlarges the devices on this image above.

Note how the nothing is seen on several parts of the devices, not on the corners of one area like the one on the thread.

This is a tripled die, so the doubling will be harder to see on all the devices. But you can see enlargement of the devices compared to a normal coin. (note the area of the devices next to the rim? You can see they are enlarged.

So if the area is showing notching, it may be MD if other areas of the coin is showing MD. But if it is a doubled die, you should see the devices enlarged, not reduced on the over all look of the devices. Hope this helps?