1965-P Roosevelt Dime - 1-St DDO To Be Found

I think it looks more like polishing off part of the die.

I does appear to be a polishing around the portrait. There is a name for it, but can't seem to think of it yet..

Wexler only has one listed for that year
http://www.doubleddie.com/1570097.html
No listing for that year on Variety Vista
http://www.varietyvista.com/07%20Ro...Listings.htm

As mentioned, it is die abrasion on that area of the die. When part of the die gets polishing into the deeper design, the edge can be affected and make it raised on the coins struck with die. But the die was altered post creation of the die. So it is not hub doubling, but a reduction on the area next to the fields. Don't happen often. Only when the disk moves over/into the void area of the die.

If these marks match up to a clashed die issue, that can also alter an area of the die, that would be hard to fix on the die.



(they hope no one with notice, or they didn't notice it) It may have been clash induced. You have to consider that the dies during a clash can rotate and affect other areas that would normally not be a clash mark, except of the rotation issue. Either way is if not a doubled die issue. Just an altered die post die creation that was altered by a die event.