1956 WASHINGTON QUAARTER PROOF POSSIBLE DDO

[rbroederer]

I am looking at a nicely toned 1956 Proof Washington Quarter. The coin is in an old ANACS holder PF66 Cameo. The coin appears to have a light spread in 'L I B E R T Y'. The shapes of the letters are all extremely similar to those pictured on VV for DDO-010 especially the 'N', 'O', 'R' and both 'T' in IGWT. I do not see any die markers noted and none appear to be present on the subject coin. Thoughts or comments?

[mustbebob]

I can't see any notching at all. I know these proofs are hard to photograph too. Can you see any notching?

[Kloccwork419]

Looks like MD to me or could be glare.

[rbroederer]

Hello Bob and Kloccwork419, I do not see any notching. What I do see is spread in the numbers and letters that make them look puffy almost like cheerios compared to other 1956 proofs I have (similar to DDO-010). I have taken some more pics to show you what I am talking about. The coin has a fair amount of toning :-) and it may be that that is distorting the appearance of the numbers and letters. Thought or comments?

[MintErrors]

Almost all proofs are subject to multiple strikes. This might just be a slightly off second normal strike. It could be machine doubling as well - proofs are sujected to the same type of MD. The only reason MD doesn't appear on proofs as much as business strikes is that the business strikes - there are millions to billions of them - not so many within any given proof year.

That extra puffiness may simply be a strike was performed on a slightly softer planchet. I personally do not care for the "extra thickness" type of varieties, because that is purely subjective - one person may call it and several may not.

I took a few photos of a 1960 25c DDO, I dont have a lot of time, so these were done post-haste....Doubled dies add thickness and may show those classic cookie cutter style lines. The off axis doesnt have to be much. Since it was the die that has the multiple impressions, they typically are close to the same height. Cookie cutter lines indicate where one impression was over the other.


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[rbroederer]

Hello Gary, Thanks for the terrific effort you have taken. Bruce