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1940 Jefferson Nickel DDO?

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Is this an example of a DDO on this 1940 Jefferson nickel?
I went coin hunting today at bank and found this: I've paying attention to the S and N in Cents as well as V in Five...

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No, DDR. Nice find!

Always show pictures of the entire coin first, Obv. and Rev. and then zoom in on the area in question.
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I think that's a DDR, but I can't seem to find a match. There are some similar ones listed though. Nice find!

https://www2.briansvarietycoins.com...tings/cat/13
http://www.varietyvista.com/04a%20J...s%201940.htm
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DDO = doubled die obverse, which means the front of the coin. This is a doubled die, but it's on the reverse ( DDR). Great find!
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I'm not real sure why I confused DDO with DDR but I appreciate the correction.

So since this coin is not recognized by any grading services, what does a guy do with this? Is it worth reaching out to Coneca to try to slab it?
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I need better level images of the 1. Five and 2. cents areas to see if the devices are enlarged or not? I see what looks like Machine Doubling on one side of the devices and possible hub doubling on the other side? Variety Vista wasn't much help either. It gave me an idea for understanding there formulas and descriptions:
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But not much help here on this coin though.
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So I have a bunch of very close up pictures of each individual letter, however, due to the clarity of the pictures, I can't upload them because they're over 300kb. Any suggestions?
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So since this coin is not recognized by any grading services


I think you're misunderstanding. Your coin can be submitted and attributed. You just want to have a reasonable chance it will come what we think it is.
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@savagestacks click the "free image optimizer" option below the "upload image" button. That's the fastest way to get under the 300kb limit.
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