1972 DDO Half Dollar ?

I see notching,so I think it is a DDO.
John1

Really nice close ups. Good catch.

Nice find!

Really Coop? Would it really kill you to embrace other people's answers instead of attaching unwarranted negative connotations to them in some vain attempt to prove your perceived intellect? I'm sorry but the images of the coin shows obvious notched serifs consistent with a genuine hub doubled die even through all of the shadows and extreme glare undoubtedly caused by the use of multiple light sources during their capture. So wouldn't you agree that one would need better images of the coin to make a determination of weather or not Machine Doubling is also present on the devices? We need to build people up not tear them down by belittling their finds. Just my Two Cents.....

As far as it being called a "minor" DDO.....this is where it gets muddled.

When discussing the different degrees used to characterize DD's, you most often hear the term Major and Minor more often than not. Which one to use is supposedly determined by the amount of doubling AND spread that can be seen with the naked eye on any given example. But being that the majority of the populous lacks the gift of perfect 20/20 vision, you can begin to see where this might become a problem. To my knowledge there is no widely accepted criteria at which point to draw the line between the two.

Wexler attempted this by adding additional classifications (Major, Very Significant, Significant, Minor and Very Minor) in an effort to narrow the gap in between the two but unfortunately they are very seldomly used.

It gets muddled even further when you insert supply and demand into the equation. A doubled die that has a high demand and a short supply can easily attain the Major connotation.

One could also argue that if a date only had one known DDO or DDR for the series like in the case of both the 1972-P and 1972-D Kennedy half dollar that it could be considered a Major DDO due to its exclusivity alone.

I'm just saying that it's all subjective and open for interpretation is all.......

End rant.

Thank you everyone for all of your responses , I have a lot of mint and proof sets I need to start going through that I won at auctions I got carried away with my bidding lol now it's time to Start checking for errors

Not sure how anyone could say this in 'minor' doubling. With the spread you are showing in your photos, I would send that puppy in to JAMES WILES and see if he would give it a listing.

Nice Find.

skiboy,

Before I joined this Forum, I thought after Thirty years of collecting and selling coins, varieties, DD's DDO's DDR's and what not I knew it all, had it all, my DD's DDR's were all that and to me of course they were all strongest and major. Once I started posting on this Forum, looking at and participating in members threads and reading the responds, answers and teachings by the experts on this site I realized after decades how insignificant the depth of my numismatic knowledge was! specially when it came to mint errors and varieties and the definitions and real causes, and guess what, One of my best teachers and mentors on this site was and is cooper ( Once again I would like to acknowledge several other dedicated experts besides cooper on this site and offer my gratitude to them. but this is about coop right now)
coop tell's you like it is,whether we like it or not,he voluntarily offers his knowledge and expertise and try's to teach the basics in every step of the way and it is up to us to learn or let our ego get in the way because we didn't hear what we had expected to hear!!

Try to ask the same question from J.Wiles. K.Potter, J.Wexler, B.Ribar and others....nobody would talk to you without paying for it first!

I find your Rant regarding coop's respond offensive and totally uncalled for, he is trying to teach and not to boost egos,enough members complimented your coin and it's notching including myself, but coop took it to another level,tried to make you think out of the box and see exactly what else we could learn and I totally agree with him on being a minor spread!
Please take a look at the examples below, you can see the difference between a minor DD and else.