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1961 P Dime DDR Of Some Kind, Help Me Pin Down Which One?

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 Posted 02/11/2022  9:58 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Yorkish to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Good evening everyone,

I was given this dime earlier by a family friend and after looking it over under the coin scope I believe this is a DDR, although I am having trouble matching up which one it is. So I guess I am here asking 2 questions: First, do you think it is a DDR? And second, if yes, which one do you think it looks like? I am leaning towards the DDR-002 but it is missing the large die scratch on the I so I am stumped.


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 Posted 02/12/2022  04:38 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
What ref site did you use? V V and Wexler 002 is a proof coin and yours is not a proof. I am seeing MD and or DDD. But I am also maybe seeing notching . Need a pro or two to chime in
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 Posted 02/12/2022  10:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Yorkish to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@John1 I am using VarietyVista because I like it better lol and because VV is the way it is I was only looking at 1961 P dimes. There are like 11 different DDR's listed for just the 1961 P. I have also checked wexlers resources to try and match it up but I couldn't say 100% "yeah its this one cool".

I agree there is some MD/DDD going on (especially on the IB in PLURIBUS) but the notching is what got my attention. It doesn't go away when I change angles or lighting either.
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Well all the images you've posted are looking at the outside edges of the devices. That is where you will find Machine Doubling. And that is what I'm seeing. The spread of a doubled die will enlarge the centers of the devices. That I'm not seeing on your coin. But you coin is a silver melt coin. So not all is lost.
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I'm sorry coop but what you are saying doesn't make any sense. Notching only appears at the serifs which are on the outside corners of devices for the most part as I understand it from every single resource I have seen or worked with. I don't understand. What you are saying doesn't match up with any of the pictures of doubled dies on either wexlers or varietyvista, so either you are wrong or they are.

Plus, the notching here is pretty small/minor, from all the pictures of doubled dies that have notching like this the extra thickness is negligible (as in not even mentioned in the listings. Extra thickness is noted in all Variety Vistas listings if it is applicable.)

Also, please see this direct quote from Wexler himself: "Also, genuine doubled dies are characterized by a splitting of the serifs on letters with serifs, or a "notching" of the corners of the letters which are doubled. This splitting of the serifs or notching of the letter corners will not be found on coins with Mechanical Doubling."
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