In the word LIBERTY If I'm wrong please correct me. Why is the obverse bright shiny and the reverse dull with no shine at all?
for that specific answer you'll have to provide the complete provenance of how the coin was handled from minting until you got it. But probably generic environmental damage. For instance, it could have sat on dirt in a field for a long, long time until someone picked it up, used it and then you got it. do you have a reference for the DDO?
That's strike doubling. Look at the E. Do you see how the top of it is chopped off while the bottom of it is intact? I'm just telling you how you tell this for the next time you see it. In a doubled die, two images are punched, one just a little off from the other. Just try to visualize the second punch. Shouldn't it be complete, 100% intact? What's punched over it? Nothing. It's the last punch. There aren't any others. It should be fully-intact. Your E is chopped off at the top. That happens sometimes when the coins are struck.
Ok. I think I see what you are saying. I've been refererencing with the links I bookmarked from one of my last post but I ran across this article and I thought just maybe.. https://markedmoney.tech/1996-p-washington-quarter-error-doubling-behind-the-ear-more/
I still have so much to learn. I really do appreciate you guys showing me the correct things I should be looking at. Thanks a bunch
I don't get why this is not considered an error, seeing how it happens at the mint, but like I stated already, I still have alot to learn
Die deterioration is a natural and expected occurance. The dies are used until they are too worn to be of any use and are replaced. The mint accepts that coins struck with dies past their useful life are ok for circulation, therefore cannot be described as an error.
Here's a screen capture from your link. Do you see how the U is chopped where the arrow is pointing? What you want to take from that is the U isn't 100% "full," but compromised. Just remember, the top punches, which are the last ones, are always full on conventional doubled dies. This screen capture illustrates it well.
