Found this in one of the lots I bought. It came in a little "treasure" chest lol. Looking for any comments that You Guys might want to share about it! Thanks!
Meaning re dipped in zinc to make it look shiny. http://varietyvista.com/01a LC Doubled Dies Vol 1/DDO 1943-S.htm http://varietyvista.com/02a LC RPMs Vol 1/RPMs 1943S.htm
It looks plated in those pics. The doubling is just a smear from when it was struck. Those mint marks were punched into the dies separately, they're independent of the die punches. Do you see how it's "doubled," too? There's another indication.
Nah, i didn't think it was doubled die, but what i thought was MD wasn't consistent throughout to me as far as my limited knowledge goes of my understanding of MD. , so was trying to figure out what it was.
Who asked you? Seriously, die deterioration doubling is on the die, as I understand that quirky, and, I'll hasten to add, overused term. That doubling came from a slide into third base, or, a.k.a., movement when the planchet struck.
As the dies age, the flat surfaces become concave an/or irregular. During the coining process, the metal flows to these areas. Coin surfaces become irregular and devices/features become washed out. Especially on the periphery of a VLDS coin where outer devices flow into the rim or where excess metal flows around the periphery of a device. Add in movement of a sloppy tool, weird things happen. Die maintenance is important throughout as are constant equipment adjustments during coining. But dies wear out and even the talented toolmakers can’t polish their way through it.
