Is this 1943 Dime a DDO?

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Morgan13
Morgan13 Posts: 2,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited July 27, 2026 4:38AM in U.S. Coin Forum

I see doubling at the date and in god we trust pretty well.
Its tough for me to get clearer shots. I re-took the images and these are what I got.


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  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,066 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I think i see doubling where weinmans initials are. The pics are blurry to me, sorry

  • Morgan13
    Morgan13 Posts: 2,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The date looks doubled to me.
    I will try to take better images and replace.

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  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,066 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Will get there

  • IkesT
    IkesT Posts: 4,600 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Morgan13 said:
    I see doubling at the date and in god we trust pretty well.

    Doesn't look like anything to me. What resources did you use (e.g., VarietyVista, doubledie.com) to check your work?

  • jesbroken
    jesbroken Posts: 11,252 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    There are none listed via variety vista nor pcgs, but the 1 and 3 appear to have looks of doubling notches, but I'm not a specialist by any means. Someone more familiar with these attributions will hopefully reply. Good luck.
    Jim


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  • Morgan13
    Morgan13 Posts: 2,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I just took another image
    The bottom of the 3 looks really thick and in person all 4 numbers look doubled.

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  • IkesT
    IkesT Posts: 4,600 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Morgan13 said:
    I just took another image
    The bottom of the 3 looks really thick and in person all 4 numbers look doubled.

    They don't look doubled in your photos.

    You did not answer my question; what resources did you use to check your work?

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,047 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Probably just MD

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • IkesT
    IkesT Posts: 4,600 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Here on the Forum, we often advise newbies that they should learn the basics about distinguishing doubled dies from other forms of doubling before actually looking for any doubled dies. We also advise that, rather than searching random coins for doubled dies, they should study known varieties and then search for those specific varieties. This is the advise you should be following if you are interested in finding doubled die varieties.

  • MFeld
    MFeld Posts: 17,132 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @IkesT said:

    @Morgan13 said:
    I just took another image
    The bottom of the 3 looks really thick and in person all 4 numbers look doubled.

    They don't look doubled in your photos.

    You did not answer my question; what resources did you use to check your work?

    My guess is that the lack of an answer was an answer.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • Morgan13
    Morgan13 Posts: 2,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I checked variety vista and did not see anything so I posted it here.
    As a newbie I was hoping that I could gather some information here on this coin forum.

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  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,047 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Morgan13 said:
    I checked variety vista and did not see anything so I posted it here.
    As a newbie I was hoping that I could gather some information here on this coin forum.

    Your own research gives it a 99.999% chance of being MD.

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • MFeld
    MFeld Posts: 17,132 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Morgan13 said:
    I checked variety vista and did not see anything so I posted it here.
    As a newbie I was hoping that I could gather some information here on this coin forum.

    Your own research gives it a 99.999% chance of being MD.

    Doctor or machine doubling?

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • steve_richardson
    steve_richardson Posts: 315 ✭✭✭✭
    edited July 27, 2026 7:03AM
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    As an active forum member, you (edit to clarify that I mean the OP) probably know this already, so this reply is more for future readers who do not know…

    MD stands for machine doubling. It’s a type of one-off doubling that can occur during minting. This is in contrast to DD or doubled die, which is the “valuable” sort of doubling because it creates thousands of coins with identical doubling. There are distinctive feature which can be used to distinguish them.

    Ok this is enough info to start a productive web search.

  • steve_richardson
    steve_richardson Posts: 315 ✭✭✭✭
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    Oh, and if you ask if the coin is “DDO”, that’s a doubled die you are asking about. Machine doubling does not create a DDO… by definition.

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,047 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @MFeld said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Morgan13 said:
    I checked variety vista and did not see anything so I posted it here.
    As a newbie I was hoping that I could gather some information here on this coin forum.

    Your own research gives it a 99.999% chance of being MD.

    Doctor or machine doubling?

    Doctor, of course.

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • MFeld
    MFeld Posts: 17,132 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 27, 2026 7:09AM
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    .

    @steve_richardson said:
    As an active forum member, you (edit to clarify that I mean the OP) probably know this already, so this reply is more for future readers who do not know…

    MD stands for machine doubling. It’s a type of one-off doubling that can occur during minting. This is in contrast to DD or doubled die, which is the “valuable” sort of doubling because it creates thousands of coins with identical doubling. There are distinctive feature which can be used to distinguish them.

    Ok this is enough info to start a productive web search.

    Here’s a website that can be of great help: https://doubleddie.com/144801.html

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • Morgan13
    Morgan13 Posts: 2,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Thanks for the responses and information.

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  • IkesT
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    @Morgan13 said:
    Thanks for the responses and information.

    You're welcome.

  • MFeld
    MFeld Posts: 17,132 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Morgan13 said:
    I checked variety vista and did not see anything so I posted it here.
    As a newbie I was hoping that I could gather some information here on this coin forum.

    My guess was that you had not done that, so I apologize for not having given you enough credit.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • Morgan13
    Morgan13 Posts: 2,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @MFeld its no problem I appreciate your input.

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  • ProofCollection
    ProofCollection Posts: 8,056 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    For DDO's you need exceptionally sharp photos. With any blurriness it's really easy to think you got something.

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