Think this may be a genuine DDO do to the spread but im certainly no expert any opinions would be awesome thanks again everyone.
Yep, believe it or not its more common than you think! I have a bunch of pre '65 quarters that fooled me. Once it was pointed out to me, I can now spot the characteristics of a machine doubled strike. I am still learning though as I suggest you should be too! Keep up the search!
In most instances, the secondary doubling from a doubled die will look just like the primary devices. It is the same height. Machine doubling is where part of the device is sheared off and lower than the primary device. Look at the 55 cent for reference:
The thing is, i know in general the characteristics of a DDO such as there being two images and being rounded. But sometimes my heart over rides my brain especially because this one has a good spread on the mint mark, even though it is flat.
Yea i see what you are saying the doubling is either above the letters or below not in line with the original devices on the coin i posted.
I've actually gone through all my "doubled die" coins that I found in my first year of collecting and discovered they are all machine doubling. I was so positive back then.
The admins or moderators can delete this thread if needed im sure we dont need one of those threads that is six years old and some how keeps getting more posts thanks again guys.
You're definitely going in the right direction Matthew. You have to educate your eyes to discern the difference between MD and actual DD. At first it's not easy, but practice looking at photos on some of the threads on here and you will get it. Practice makes perfect! And get yourself a nice loupe if you haven't already done so, 10x is more than enough.
This is not machine doubling. It is an incuse form of die deterioration doubling. For some reason it pops up with unusual frequency among state quarters. Still, it's not a common effect.
Thank you for explaining that. I've seen some on coins, and always thought maybe it was due to a weird polishing by a mint worker (holding a polishing tool angled near the devices).
