1985 D LMC DDO Or Die Ware ?

Classic Machine Doubling.

The little lines on the affected areas are called striation lines. You see this mostly on machine doubled examples when the metal is pushed aside, it leaves these lines. You can take a stick of butter that is soft because it was left out. You can take a a paring knife and hold the blade vertical and slide it across the top of the butter. You will see these lines from the sharp edge of the knife on the butter. Because of the edge lines of the sharpening, it will show. same with die movement these lines will appear.







all indicators of Machine Doubling. Metal moving over metal.

I'm not talking about the Machine Doubling part, it is on the Machine Doubling that is raised. Take a look at the images again. The fine lines on the devices are called metal striation lines. It is the metal edge rubbing into the Machine Doubling. Click on the images if need be. But they are very small. That is what you are seeing on your devices on the coin. The Machine Doubling pushes it, it leaves these striation lines.

It is kind of like forensics. It would match back to the edge of the die from the roughness of the edge of the die.