1998P Washington Q - MD or DD Reverse ?

Doubling on UN (UNITED), RICA (AMERICA) and some on the QUARTER DOLLAR and some on the eagle. I didn't find any listings for 98P on doubleddie or varietyvista, which I believe means it doesn't exist.




Some doubling on the big leaf above Q




Some doubling on the tip of the wing too :


Lastly, maybe doubling on the bottom of the head/"chin?" :

 

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All common, ejection or mechanical doubling

Not considered an error; part of the minting process.

Please remember that doubled design elements do
not a Doubled Die make, in most cases.

There are characteristics of these types of doubling
that are easily found online, and make it easy to
determine what a doubled die should look like, compared
to the ejection/mechanical doubling types.

 

IMO it appears based on your pics it's MD.
Dave

 

Thanks Fred, can you elaborate more on the ejection...I've heard plenty of mechanical doubling which I thought this was but since it's a pretty old coin, I was curios of the split serifs which is why I posted. I have a general idea of what a true DD looks like when it's pretty obvious but there are some doubling that is confusing specially when there are no examples to compare it to. I think as a rule, unless there's a listing on doubleddie or varietyvista, I'll chalk it up to MD lol.

 

I forgot to reply to this part, I have another 98P that doesn't have the "chin" or the leaf doubling hence I mentioned it..I'm guessing that's what you meant by doubled design elements.

 

Try looking through Wexler's "Worthless Doubling" section. Attached is the section on mechanical doubling (the others are informative as well)

http://doubleddie.com/144822.html

 

Ahh, ejection is just another name for mechanical doubling, I just never seen it used before Fred's comment. Thanks!