1985-S/S/S Proof?

[eaxtellcoin]

Hi Folks,
Take a look at this! I've spent ALOT of years looking at this stuff and this one puzzles me.. Could be punch damage on the inside, but what about the other? I'm trying to decide on weather to send in... Comments?

Here's a close up also

[Shingpumps]

This ones got me. Very, very interresting though. I would like to see what others have to say. I'm not to keen on proofs

[eaxtellcoin]

Hey Josh, I think the first one directly west is something that happened to the punch, there is more to the west and some stuff south... Some does look like machine on the tail but there is no other machine doubling on the coin... it's a tough one!!

[Brad]

I'm not good with proofs either...but I would say that the odds are against this one being a rpm. However, I would send it in for sure. Its only a few bucks, and if it is an rpm it is a notable one.

[mustbebob]

This coin suffers from both mechanical doubling and a plating problem. Proofs are struck multiple times, and the chances of finding one with some sort of strike/mechanical doubling is pretty good. It looks like striking pressure may have resulted in the cracked plating.

[Brad]

I have always found it strange that Proofs are struck multiple times...yet you never see any that get rotated between strikes. Or do you?

[mustbebob]

That's a good point Brad. However, proof coins are closely scrutinized during the striking process (more so than business strikes). I would think that errors such as multiple strikes in the collar, or rotation between strikes would be found and discarded rather quickly. I have never seen one of these types of errors, but I am sure a few have made it out of the mint at one time or another.

[dglotzbach]

I haven't spent much time poring over proofs, but I thought it was interesting that the photo revealed that the spaces within the curves of the S MM were in "frosty" (my term for lack of knowing a better one) relief. I would have expected those areas to be flatr and mirrored like the rest of the field.

[1gtsfan]

could it be the copper plating rising up causing the doubling? i notice bubbles in the proof.