1993D DDO (double ear) ?

[AstroRaider]

This 1993D is pretty scratched up (sadly), but is there some doubling, particularly on the ear?

I thought it might be scratches (since there are many others), but it doesn't act like that.

And, I thought it might be Machine Doubling, but it is not so flat (but maybe it is).

Or, I thought it might be die deterioration.

What do you think?

Thanks for looking...

Allan

[makecents]

I think you hit it on the head with die deterioration. Can you get a full coin shot so we can see what the rest of the coin looks like?

[GrumpyEd]

Maybe part of that is zinc rot lifting the plating following the ears edge where the plating is stretched and thin.

[AstroRaider]

There are lots of scratches on the obverse. I think there might be some die deterioration here, plus (what looks like doubling on the bottom of the lobe) are 2 or 3 scratches, I think.

[VAB2013]

When I saw your title I was sure hoping Astro Raider! You know, Wexler has a 84 DDO ear, I didn't know about it until the other day. That doubled die also exhibits doubling on the beard (and it mentions the eye but doesn't show a pic of it) Can you take a pic of the full obverse?

[jfines69]

To me it looks like some split plating that has corroded then circ wear has pushed some of the metal toward the edge... The high spots on the lobe look flattened!!!