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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 09-17-2008, 10:22 AM   #1 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 17,761 Wyoming Quarter Doubled Die, NOT! Sometimes reporters should double check their stories. It kinda makes you wonder what else they get wrong. "Rare glitch in some Wyoming quarters yet to create collecting frenzy" http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/a...c00004cac8.txt read it carefully, the reporter states: "Some of the Wyoming quarters have a rare flaw, called a double die." But then says: "The mistake is caused when the die that stamps the quarter design is tilted and wobbles during the stamping process. " Strike doubling, not a DDO. So, I guess that we can't blame all of the eBay sellers for being ignorant. __________________ The Other Frank "Buy The Book Before The Coin!" Buy The Book before the Book: http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....tID=079482580X Last edited by Treashunt; 09-17-2008 at 10:24 AM. Reason: added commentary   09-17-2008, 10:30 AM   #2 (permalink) grizz numismatist     Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: aliquippa, pennsylvania Posts: 1,544 wyoming quarter........................... ...........it certainly makes one want to educate oneself before buying!   09-17-2008, 11:50 AM   #3 (permalink) NPCoin Juxtaposed Oxymora     Join Date: May 2006 Location: Powell, WY Posts: 483 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by Treashunt Strike doubling, not a DDO. So, I guess that we can't blame all of the eBay sellers for being ignorant. No. The paper got it wrong in describing a MDD. There are currently 23 confirmed varieties of DDR for the Wyoming P quarter, and 2 for the proofs. All of these are class VIII, tilted hub doubling. The doubling occurs in varied spreads around the saddle horn or the tufts of the mane. I'm sure Mike Diamond could probably give much more information on it than I. But, I would say that the mistake the paper made was the fact that they described MDD and not a class VIII DDR. __________________ Numismatics is a never ending learning process. And numismatists are the students in this process with time as its teacher.   09-17-2008, 03:42 PM   #4 (permalink) Conder101 Numismatist   Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,098 First error by paper was calling it a double die and not a doubled die. There second mistake was in describing what happened in the creation of the die which caused the doubled die and saying that that was what happened to the coin. These doubled dies are real and we simply have yet another case of a non-numismatic reporter talking about something he knows nothing about and getting everything muddled. __________________ Slab collector and researcher reported as of 12/29/06 132 companies 332 production varieties   09-17-2008, 10:52 PM   #5 (permalink) kanga 50 Years and Still At It     Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,930 My Mood: Rightly or wrongly, I throw all these error types into the flyspeck category. The Minnesota(?) quarter had the same sort of errors. And then there's the Memorial Lincolns with doubled knees, wavy steps and long columns. To me they should be of no concern to the average collector. But they are the sort of thing the specialists live for. Nothing wrong with collecting them if that's your interest. Just don't pay big bucks for them. __________________ ANA Member APS Member ARA Member Be yourself ... everyone else is already taken.   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « 1878 CC Morgan Silver Dollar | PA Coin show » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Learn About Die Doubling... jtwax Error Coins 50 03-07-2010 09:35 PM Numismatic Acronyms National dealer Frequently Asked Questions 22 11-16-2009 09:00 PM 2001-P New York State Quarter - Doubled & Tripled Die Obverse! huntsman53 What's it Worth 13 12-04-2008 10:16 AM 2 1960-D Doubled die varities desertgem Error Coins 4 09-07-2008 05:54 PM My new MoneyBucks listings of different Unc State Quarters bank rolls MoneyBucks Auction Listings 0 03-20-2005 12:03 AM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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