Im a newbie... help me out here. Is this a DD?? looks like it to me. My photos are not the greatest, butt you can see what Im talking about..... Thanks
It's considered DDD - Die Deterioration Doubling on the Obverse and Mechanical Doubling on the Reverse.. Common issue on many Copper Plated Zinc Cents. Nothing to do with a true Doubled Die variety and considered Worthless doubling.
@paddyman98 ...I agree, but the mint mark looks suspiciously like a RPM. I will look up when single squeeze began, that might answer if yes or no...Spark
Clawcoins/ 17 Feb 19 said the single squeeze era began in 1996... still researching if this holds true for all denominations, but this 1993 could be a rpm...Spark
there was a correction at some point from Rick Stachowski stated to me in this thread: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1999-georgia-quarter-p-mint-ddo.334945/#post-3413491 Single Squeeze started in 1985/6. https://conecaonline.org/so-just-when-did-single-squeeze-hubbing-begin/
of course you have to *assume* that the Single Squeeze process was rolled out to all the other denominations/mints at various times. Thus it was not immediate for all at the same time. You still had a stock of working dies (hundreds normally made per Mint) and master dies, etc. So one would *assume* they let the stock of existing master to working hubs/dies to deteriorate before they replaced them. Makes no economic sense to replace stuff already stocked, as this method was to help reduce price not throw away already spent money. And who knows, maybe a single squeeze hammer die was used with a regular anvil die. with a new inventory of hundreds of dies with a life of 1 to 3 days, that quite some time until they are replaced with a new die process (excluding still using the existing working hub to create more working dies). It's an interesting question of when a particular Mint's press went to SS working dies. I'm assuming the various Mint's, various presses and anvil vs hammer dies occurred at various times.
No, it cannot be. Mintmarks were hand-punched into dies up to and including 1989 for cents, meaning there is no possibility of this being an RPM.
It’s good stuff to know. Your mention of single squeeze along with Claw’s link brought up another question though: as far as I know the 1995 1C DDO is not single squeeze, so how could it have been implemented earlier? However, the link does state “when implemented” so I can only assume 1986 was the very beginning and not when put into actual use.
Wow You guys are on top things. Not what I expected, wanted to hear but interesting just the same. I thank you all for your time and input.
We’ve all been there, but if you take disappointment as a leaning experience, sooner or later things will turn out in your favor. While luck certainly plays a part in this hobby, it’s nowhere near as large a part as knowledge. And welcome to the forum.
