1994 Class V Doubled Die Reverse Cddr-003 WDDR-003

I've heard Chuck say plenty of times that they don't keep records of each die's mintage run or when they are retired. All they know is how many in total.

So, if this is another contest, I'll go with:
x 1972 DDO's and
y for 1917 DDO's.

Thanks!

ok guys I was not sure if die records were kept dates put into minting and taking out.

or were dies used in order like 1 was replaced by 2 then 2 replaced by 3 and so on.

Then if any markers were on a certain coin. Someone could say that die was used during the middle of minting and had a full run then thrown out are x amount of months and guess at how many coins it might have minted

I agree with you Wolf- IF there were a very late die state specimen located, one could logically conclude that the coin could have had a full die run. Don't quote me, but I think that's something like 1 to 1.25 Million cents, I could be off. Point being that there are no finite numbers kept by the mint in relation to specific dies.
In fact, when a doubled die is found, The Mint is usually surprised by the revalation. I remember when the 1995P DDO was discovered early in the year, USA Today noted that the Mint stated a doubled die wasn't possible because of their new hubbing process!

Let's say that this coin becomes a well publicized variety and the latest state known to exist is MDS. How do you judge with accuracy within hundreds of thousands? There are so many variables that go into die wear- One die has a quantity of clashes, a number of strikes of foreign objects like feeder fingers and is polished and refurbished several times to extend it's life. The die next to it has no issues at all and lives a long and happy Die Life. Both are going to reach a state that will be able to be identified as late die state, just before catastrophic failure. But die #1 may only produce half the quantity of what #2 did.

I hope that makes sense, but if you don't follow, it's probably my fault.

Heck yeah! Finding the stuff is luck + knowledge + experience. That why my life is a constant treasure hunt! I get to pick BU rolls, and there is absolutely no way to know what's going to pop up. Every bit as random as the everyday occurrences in the life of any die.