Its another change find, cant tell if my eyes are tricking me or if its really a DDO. I suspect MD but not great with DDRs. Its on a 1980-P quarter. A lot of doubling on the reverse letters.
Naw, that's just a little twist in the strike. There are of course different ways to try to tell on this question. On these reverses--on the perimeter lettering, particularly--look at what you'd normally call the "top" image, and look at how mangled and jagged it is, compromised, shortened on a side, chopped off, you get the idea. That part "gave" to make the "bottom" image. You see that a lot on these perimeters in these reverses. Now watch, some "expert" on is going to come along and classify this as some obscure DDR. There's a 50% chance it'll happen. When they see it's me, there's a 75% chance, so be forewarned.
The only thing is, the pictures arent that great, but in person it is very strong and not shelf-like. Looked very similar to ones Ive seen in Cherrypicker's guide. But you are probably right.
I do not think the doubling effect on the lettering of the top coin is DD, because it is shelf like to my observation. A true doubled die on this non-single squeeze hub coin should be close to the same height as the original, but you clear photo shows it to be but a small % of the height. Jim
The letter that's mostly showing is the "top" image. In a doubled die, that would be the second strike, resting on "top" of, and just ajar from, the first or "bottom" strike. Best I think I can describe it. In strike doubling, there really is only a single strike, thus I can see the reason for your question. That single strike just takes a hop or a slide or a twist, and it's the imparting of that "extracurricular" if you will movement in the strike that gives the illusion it's a doubled die. Does that make any sense?
Yes that makes a bit more sense. Im having trouble finding exactly how different classes of doubled dies form. Articles mention a term I dont know, then I have to find out what that means, and that goes on for a while haha.
Ha! I know! Some of these classes of doubled dies are a little strange, they take a lot of studying to get to know...
