2007 Dime Doubled Of Die Wear ?

It does look interesting, but check out the same position on all the edge of the letters. Looks like die wear on all three of the letters in GOD and most of the lower letters of WE TRUST have something going on with them also on the same locations.

I don't think they try to repair them. They may clean to remove die clashes and grease, but anything else that is defective (including doubled dies) they pull from production. It would be great to get example of doubled dies that they found instantly. As it is the standard is to pull die errors.

Todays dies are inexpensive, so the Mint does not repair them. Yes, you will see some abraded dies to clear die clashes, but that is about it.

This die does have movement, which is evident from the notching seen. While Die Deterioration Doubling will also give you notching, this coin does not appear to be in a later die state, so my first opinion is that it may be a doubled die, better defined as a continuous hubbed doubled die. That is where the doubled die is formed during the hubbing and is created by the pressure (of the hubbing) moving the hub to die orientation to the correct position. However, having said all that, I would not qualify it as a doubled die until an in hand examination is completed.

BJ Neff

This is news to me. Typically one of the identifying features listed for MDD (die movement ) is that it DOESN'T show notching of the serifs. And Die Deterioration Doubling is not known for notching of the serifs as far as I know either.



What I've always seen described as tilted hub doubling.