1963-D half dollar DDR?
zrnumismatics
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Hi all,
This 1963-D half dollar caught my eye when searching through some junk silver. I looked at it under a loupe and it seems to be this DDR but I think it might be MD withe the exception of E Pluribus : http://www.varietyvista.com/11 Franklin Halves/DDR Detail Pages/1963DDDR001.htm
Quite frankly - the listed variety looks like MD to me.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance,
Zac
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There are cases where you can find die doubling and mechanical doubling on the same coin, and the VarietyVista coin you linked to is one such example. That doubled die only has a light spread, so the mechanical doubling is a lot more obvious. On that variety, the die doubling has a vertical spread, while the mechanical doubling is lateral. On your coin, I only see mechanical doubling.
Machine doubling. Note that the D mintmark on your coin shows the same flat, shelf-like doubling in the same direction as the reverse lettering. This is a good indicator of machine doubling, as at that time the mint marks were punched into the dies by hand after they were made. Unless the mintmark itself is repunched, a doubled die reverse Franklin half will not have a doubled mintmark.
IkesT and cermlo1.
Thank you. I figured most of it was machine doubling but the part on E PLURIBUS UNUM was not flat and shelf-like like the rest of the lettering and the mint mark but I guess it was all MD.
Zac