1939 Jefferson Nickel

[coinzip]

Here are some interesting photos of a 1939 Jefferson that I came across.

[diamond]

It's die deterioration doubling.

[coinzip]

[3˘nicker]

Mikes statement is correct. It may also have some machine doubling with it. Some things to remember, one tell tale sign of deterioration is the orange peel effect in the fields. If you look at the E L of montecello picture the letters look "smeared", that is the effect of an old die and the flow of metal from the planchet washing the shape of the die away. Also, the "doubling lines you see are all pointing toward the center which shows that metal flow. True dd don't show the doubling around the whole letter usually it is on one side and the other doubling if any would all be on that same side. If that last sentence confused you I apologize, I'm not the best person to explain things.

[Novicetoerr]

Hello, just need clarification...

Are we seeing here notchings/separations? If so, are these then exceptions to the "rules" on how to ID a true DD? That clarification will help us novices/beginners avoid mis-identifying and avoiding spending time on these coins.


Thank you...NVTEs

[3˘nicker]

To answer your first question: I hope not. This effect is the errosion of a die face due to age.

[wavysteps]

Jimmy is 100% correct. This is all due to die deterioration doubling. The one aspect of this type doubling is that you CAN have notching, however, it is different than the true doubled die notching.

BJ Neff