Question -- is this the 1943D DDO? The shadow looks much like the picture in Cherrypickers, but there seems be be some other significant doubling on the date. Is this machine doubling? Secondly, I found this while looking through some Littleton coins I bought when I was younger. The blurb that came with the set (came with all three 1943s) said: "The coin has been restored to its original luster" (or something very close to that, don't have the sheet in front of me) -- these look really quite shiny -- what'd they do to it? Also, while the "W" in "WE" looks double, I looked at it very closely yesterday and it doesn't look doubled. Probably a lighting thing. I think.. Thanks!
vwap: 1) the pictures are tough to be sure; but 2) It looks like strike doubling; 3) that deceptive wording "The coin has been restored to its original luster" is another way to say that it has been 'processed' in other words plated and destroyed.
vwap, Machine Doubling(MD) If you look at the Date and Liberty it appear's to have a Shelf like shape or stair step shape. If this coin has been reprocessed aka. replated. Pretty coin though. Post a picture looking straight at it. The Angled picture does make it difficult to atribute. Rhubarb
Thanks for the info guys. I'll take a picture once I figure out how to get the lighting "right". It's so shiny that it almost hurts to look at.
This is why I don't trust Littleton's coins. They sell way too much junk, and it's all pretty overpriced IMO.
