Can't seem to match up die markers on this Cent. Clearly you can see thickness on the TY and notches in Liberty. Whats all of your thoughts? though I know its not much for DDO, but could be a new discovery, making it better
Most likely not. But worth a try! Just came across another one that was similar. So I probably answered my own question.
Die deterioration is my opinion. A DD should have close to the same height for each. The first is a 1936 DDO ( several exist for that year). Also is the 1955 DDO. Flattened portions ( as shown in the original coin) is from physical stress on the die as it is used to a damaging extent. Jim Jim
I think DDO. There is also signs of DD, but the tell in my opinion is the base of the T and Y in LIBERTY. In my experience, there are tons of DDOs and DDRs that may never be attributed since they are minor. But fun to set aside. I have a container full of them from CRH events.
The single-squeeze types don't double like that, the hub rather skips/jumps to produce that kind of doubling. Or slides, that, too. But it's akin to strike doubling in that it looks much like that, except it's the squeezing of the hub into the die, and not the die into the planchet, imparting it.
