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Hi Everyone, First, just want to express my gratitude to all the coin collecting experts on this site. I appreciate, being a very new collector, a place I can go to get answers to my questions and not have to worry. Before finding this site, I, unfortunately, was talked into selling my graded VDB Penny for 20$ ; ( a predatory shop who took full advantage of my lack of knowledge. Never again! So, I have this penny, and I am trying to understand aND learn what DDO looks like. I think it looks like the obverse side might be DD, would like to know what you guys think. Thanks again for your time!   Edited by Jessica Holder
12/15/2017 12:41 pm
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Hello Jessica! The distinction between recognizing a true hub doubled event or MD (Machine Damage) is found simply in the when it was done. I cover this fairly well in the books below in more detail than I can here. Hubbing is the process dies are made. Done in steps, one upon another. A slight misalignment in any direction makes another impression on the working dies. Thus, a "doubled die" is born.
MD is the process of the striking of the coin. Like a hammer hitting a nail, it bounces to release energy. If it lands off, it will effect the original impression. The basic way to determine the differences is, doubled dies will ALWAYS INCREASE the size of devices and MD will ALWAYS DECREASE (diminish) the size of devices.
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Pillar of the Community
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http://doubleddie.com/228401.htmlThe best way to know a doubled die is to look at references and match up the coin. If you find a coin that you think is a doubled die, go to this site, and look at all the different coins for that year. Read the description if you have troubles understanding what you are looking at, for there are pictures of die markers, and the doubling You can also try varietyvista.com And coppercoins.com
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12/15/2017 3:39 pm
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Die markers are the tiny differences found on different dies. By checking die markers you can assess the coins die and if there is anything special about it, like being a doubled die.
Crazy's free book is a super resource.
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12/15/2017 4:10 pm
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I found a doubled die Because I remembered specific die markers, but didn't see the doubled die till I matched up the markers. Remember though, not all the doubled dies that have die markers will always have those markers. Like die gouges, cracks and other things. Those usually form at the middle or end of the dies life. I have found doubled dies that showed die markers on the website, but couldn't find the die markers on the coin I was questioning. That means that the die was in its early stages of its life.
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