Good evening to all. Hope everyone had a great day. I've got this 1979 Quarter and the reverse is Idk....Its almost like it was melted. Can someone/anyone tell me if this is possibly mint damage or have some idea what this is. Thank you members.
Never heard of an electric wire brush. Would it have got so hit or something to give it the melted look or how would of a wire brush(electric) do this? Thanks for you response by the wsy. I'm Gaylon. Nice to meet you.
Lmao....haha...hehe...OMG. Have you ever felt like the dumbest son of a gun around? Yep that's me right now.
Bingo!! The #1 question that we all wonder about. To try and make it resemble an error that can be worth money, and some do succeed on ebay and etsy and all the other sell sites. Many that people bring to us, they already paid money for it and they hope we will agree. usually if they don't they just get angry, so thank you, you have curiosity and enthusiasm to learn, that will carry you here. Jim
I do. I'm at the very beginning of this journey so it's confusing at times. Just when I think I know what DD is only to hear different explanation which tells me I didn't know what I thought I knew. Still unclear how to tell the difference in a DD and machine doubling. Any pointers?
Gayland - here is a specimen showing both a doubled die and machine damage. If you look at the 1 and 9 you will see DD and the 7 and 2 shows DD and MD. You'll note that this is a true DDO with MD. In the illustration above by Chuck, you'll see the step and flattened condition presents in the bottom of the 7 and 2. It reduces the thickness of the devices. However, the separation line, extra thickness and notching is obvious in all the numbers as is traditional to a true doubled die. I hope this helps.
An example of a 1972-P WDDO-007. Notice the doubling on the L is more pronounced due to the rotation of the hub that made the die.
Alurid makes a good point; direction of the doubling establishes type and class of doubling. Different things to look for, but lots of common queues. Wexler gives an excellent overview of these; go to his site www.doubleddies.com
Maybe some undergrad lab TA, making $3.35/hr to prep for a freshman chem lab 30+ years ago got bored and wanted to see what would happen. Then maybe it was spent at happy hour on a 50 cent draft. Not admitting to any first-hand knowledge.
