2014-P VDB ?

[bigrig52]

2014-P....This doesn't look normal to me on the VDB..Thoughts please

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[Maineman750]

Just on this one example, or all the 2014s ?

[bigrig52]

It's a P mint Maineman750 not a S mint

[bigrig52]

2014-P....This doesn't look normal to me on the VDB..Thoughts please

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It is a P mint and not a D mint as i put in post..sorry

[cimperialis]

What about it appears abnormal?

[VAB2013]

bigrig52, I think Maineman was asking if it is just on one coin or all of the 2014's (as in plural) that you are looking at

[bigrig52]

I bought a bank box of the 2014-P and i opened 1 roll so far and the VDB to me looks real thick..About 1/4 of the roll the VDB looks normal and the rest are real thick

[Tucker]

Is it just me or does it look like there's another B on the right of the normal one?

[atarian]

looks like DB in VDB looks doubled. half another D and maybe a 2nd B.

[coop]

It is caused by machine doubling. The incuse designs get larger with machine doubling. Hub doubling reduces the overall shape of a doubled die on incuse devices. Here is a side by side of a normal die and incuse doubled devices.

[GrumpyEd]

MD on an incuse design is different than normal because on a normal design the MD takes a chunk/step out of the normal design where the flat area overlaps onto it.

On the incuse area it does not take anything out of the first/normal design but it adds onto it.
The reason is that as the flat area may overlap the normal/first design but the normal part is incuse so the flat over incuse does not destroy what was there so it stays along with what it adds from the second bounce.

[jcuve]

It's just something that happens with the striking of that incuse area on Lincolns.