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1985 DDO A Different Die Variety?

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 Posted 05/09/2011  10:44 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Double Mint to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Im not sure about this one but it does appear to be a DDO. The nine shows thickness in the middle of the nine instead of the tail.

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 Posted 05/09/2011  1:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jayman931 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I would say the forum needs a better pic...imo
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 Posted 05/09/2011  2:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add grizzlybear706 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
i see what you are saying but it would be nice no have a better pic!
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 Posted 05/09/2011  2:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Double Mint to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I agree. I'm having some difficulty with the camera at the moment.
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 Posted 05/09/2011  2:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Double Mint to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Heres a better picture.



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It looks like contact marks from circulation.
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Theres contact marks on this coin I know. But what I'm pointing out was not affected by a contact mark to appear that way. There is a contact mark on the top of the 8 in the middle but the outsdie top of eight was not caused by a contact mark. The bottom outside of the 8 was not contacted at all and its fatter on the outside. On the bottom of the 5 on the tail there is a split.
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I came to a conclusion after studying the coin better that this is not a double die. The only way this coin could be a double die if the tail of the nine was fat or splitting. So I guess in the long run if the tail isn't fat on the nine for this year it isn't a double die. I noticed on this year that the eight almost on all the 1985s I looked at are fatter on the bottom right of the number. Thats why I thought right away double die but I was wrong. The nine is what would give it away as a double die or not.
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If it were, it would be "doubled die" - not "double die"

And you are correct, it is not one. It's die wear.
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