5c DDR caught in a die state change

[Russellhome]

I searched 4 more rolls of 2005 Ocean in View nickels today and found another new DDR (A minor one). But the interesting thing is that a key marker I found on it changed significantly and I found multiple examples of both states within the same roll.

Here is the DDR - minor doubling under the lower left branch of the tree...


This is the earlier stage.


This is the later stage.

And here is the marker - a die crack and chip... and then later a 'landslide'


This is the earlier stage.


This is the later stage.

And just to be sure things lined up, I did an overlay of the earlier stage over the top of the later stage. The markers lined up.



It is not a big deal, I know. But I thought it interesting that both states were found in the same BU mint roll. That tells me the transiton happened pretty quickly.

[Dick]

Yes, and it looks like you got the "whole ball of wax"! Nice find(s)! i don't collect nickels, but appreciate it when one does, and shares.
Dick