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What is going on with the obverse by Jefferson’s eye?

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    davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I can not tell if you have very late die state or a double die. It might be the following, but can not tell from your pics, I would need coin and loupe.

    varietyvista.com/04a%20JN%20DD%20Vol%201/1956PDDO002.htm

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    TPRCTPRC Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Does not look like a double die to me. LDS perhaps with some die cracking or cudding.

    Tom

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,196 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like severe die wear.

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    mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It is die deterioration doubling.

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    mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @davewesen said:
    I can not tell if you have very late die state or a double die. It might be the following, but can not tell from your pics, I would need coin and loupe.

    varietyvista.com/04a%20JN%20DD%20Vol%201/1956PDDO002.htm

    That coin is a proof.
    OP's is business strike.

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    davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2, 2018 9:45PM

    oops, they are all proof except this one - I can not see the serifs in pics well enough anyway

    varietyvista.com/04a%20JN%20DD%20Vol%201/1956PDDO004.htm

    I think most of the mess around the eye and letters is just die breakdown

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Appears to me to be die erosion.... I do not see a DD there... Cheers, RickO

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    WatchbelieveWatchbelieve Posts: 527 ✭✭✭

    Ty

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    FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 6,045 ✭✭✭✭✭

    worn/overused die // die erosion

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,775 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Overused dies around the time your coin was minted are very common in the Jefferson Series.

    Pete

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