1955 Franklin MS DDR??

[Danye West]

Or not?

[coinman1794]

Or not?

 

The Dot, the S, and the M seem to have very convincing doubling, but the picture is not quite in focus, and I can't tell for sure if it is or isn't machine doubling. The other letters loom like machine doubling.

[physics-fan3.14]

Without more evidence, I'm going to fail conservative and call it machine doubling. More/better pictures might show something different.

[Danye West]

Nothing else appeared doubled...

[physics-fan3.14]

Nothing else appeared doubled...

 

That doesn't *necessarily* mean it isn't a DDR, but it makes it less likely.

[Danye West]

[Raisethis2]

CONECA has nothing listed for a 1955 Franklin reverse so It's logical it's machine doubling.

[asdfgh]

The doubling in the "UNITED" is definately machine doubling. Note that the cross bar of the "T" is skinny. On a true DDR the letters would be normal with a double, This is because machine doubling "steals" some of the metal as it bounces., squishing it outward in a shelf like appearance.

[coinman1794]

 

Seeing the entire reverse, I can now say that it is a Very Late Die State with extreme die erosion in the fields and die fatigue doubling, as well as machine doubling over much of the reverse. Most likely, the dot, the S, and the M do not show true doubling.

 

From my analysis of 1955 dies, I summize that only a handful were used (similar to the 4 used in 1956), and if this was anything other than one of the above die state anomalies, one would probably have been reported by now....but I never say never.