Was going through some quarters today and came across this 1943 quarter. I know it’s badly worn. But it looks like it may be a DDO. Looking at the right end of the crossbar of the 4 and the tail end of the 3. I think I see some doubling. I have never been too good at spotting DD errors. Please take a look and tell me what you think.
Only looks like wear and tear. Don't forget, it's much more difficult to identify minor doubled dies on coins that have damage or significant wear. There are lots of anomalies that can occur during years of circulation and if you don't have much experience with errors and studying the minting process, it's easy to think damage is an error. I'm not trying to be critical, just giving you something to think about when you see something on a worn coin. The best way to learn is to look at a lot of coins and read as much as possible about the minting process
Thank you both for your replies and help. I appreciate you taking the time to look and offer your insights.I believe you are right. It can be frustrating sometimes because I can’t take a good clear picture of what I see with my loupe...... but I’m not experienced enough with DDO yet, to have confidence in spotting them.
UPDATE: since I couldn't get a clear enough picture to show y'all what I saw clearly, I took this coin to my LCS. He looked at it and said there was definitely something going on with this coin. There is a little point sticking out from the end of the 3 and also one on the crossbar of the 4. I did not match anything he found in Cherry pickers, and he couldn't say for sure what it IS. Then he explained a little about how errors get recognized and documented. He advised me to keep it and take it to the Orlando show in January to have an expert look at it. He did not see tooling marks in that area, and he said there was a possibility (in his opinion) that it could be a 3 over a 2. If you look at the last date picture on the red background, Click on it to enlarge it, you can see the point on the 3 .
Here's what a worn 1943 DDO looks like (PCGS CoinFacts). I don't see the same "TRUST" on yours...or "LIBERTY" (sorry).
Thank you! Yes the man at the LCS told me it wasn’t the DDO. But did have something else interesting going on
