1931-S DDR-001
1931 S Buffalo Nickel
Before you trust a marker match, read Die Markers Say Which Die. Do They Say Hub Doubling? - how to tell hub doubling from mechanical doubling and a repunched mint mark, and what a die marker does and does not prove.
| Class | VI distended hub doubling |
| Strength | strong |
| Shows on | E PLURIBUS UNUM, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, USA |
Doubled die Class VI (distended hub doubling); strong spread. Visible on UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLURIBUS UNUM, USA.
Die markers
The things that tell this die apart from every other die of the same date, other than the doubling itself. This is the list to work down with the coin in front of you.
- Die crack running N at the U of UNITED (middle die state).
Also cataloged as
Checking the markers is the work
Every marker above is something you have to find on an actual coin, at an actual magnification. CoinScope Pro puts a real scale on the photograph so a spread is a number you can compare, and refuses to answer when the evidence will not carry it.
