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I THINK I HAVE AN UNDOCUMENTED SEATED LIBERTY COIN DDO CAN SOMEONE HELP
Pacersman
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Hey everyone I could use some help with this coin, I think I found a DDO but if I’m wrong please let me know and thank you for everyone’s time
Looks like minor die erosion, not a DDO to me.
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Thank you for ur comment, if anyone else would comment also to see other thoughts would be helpful, thank you again everyone
Machine doubling, not a DDO.
From a web article:
We all have the same thought - it's not a doubled die.
It looks pretty normal to me. The feature just right of the 3 could be a clash mark from a letter in the reverse legend. The coin is a quarter, right? A photo of the reverse could be helpful, especially the area opposite the date. If there are corresponding clash marks from the date in the legend, that could confirm my suspicion. But a clash does not always result in marks on both dies. In most cases, clash marks do not add any value.
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That’s a scratch to the right of the 3.
Thank you everyone! I now know this is not a double die 😂 thanks again for ur time
MD is a common response to queries like the OP. But in the photos provided, it looks to me like the normal bevel of the digits and the base. What specifically are you identifying as MD? Thanks.
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The twisted appearance of the bright feature does make me question my suspicion of it being a clash mark. But the feature has a different character than other scratches in the photos - not that they all have to look the same, of course. Can you explain more to convince me? Thanks.
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This looked like MD, but I agree, most of it looks like normal digit beveling.
The bright line on the right side of the 3 might be some debris like a piece of lint.
It seems to end abruptly before reaching the upper part of the 3.
And its varying color suggests it has twists.
If lint, it could be from when the coin was scrubbed.
If it is a clash mark from a reverse field, there might be a raised area to its left.
I can't tell from the photo if that area is raised.
I believe the reverse letters in this area are ES O, so they probably do not have a straight vertical edge
to create this as a clash line. This assumes minimal die rotation.
There seems to be a black scratch just right of the bright line,
and it might go under the bright line.
So that would support the debris theory.
@Pacersman thank you for sharing your very good photos.
Does this 1873 arrows quarter have a reverse mint mark?
Is it an overdate?
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I agree it’s possible it’s just lint– looking at it initially, It looks like a scratch -but it’s definitely not an over date or die clashing or anything on the Die when it was struck.
i don't think there is a number on the coin where one digit has that shape somewhere on it
and i'm also still saying to listen to fw