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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 01-22-2005, 04:24 PM   #1 (permalink) nmex Junior Member   Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 8 1869 3 cent piece alot of doubling I have had this coin for a while and cannot find any info on these type of doubling for these coins. Maybe somebody has some insight as to the value? I paid $19.00 about 3 years ago for it. As you can see there is a ton of doubling on the obverse could not find any on the reverse. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v382/nmex/1869-6.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v382/nmex/1869-5.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v382/nmex/1869-2.jpg   01-22-2005, 04:51 PM   #2 (permalink) cdb1950 Senior Member     Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 424 WOW! Nice doubling at the date. I think a lot of the doubling around the bust and lettering is from die fatigue or die deterioration. Also, it is common for coins from this period to show doubling all around the lettering, some think it might be caused by the shoulder of the letter punch penetrating the die, as stated in the Doubled Die monologue posted in this forum. But the date is a great example of a doubled die! Cool! __________________ "Experience is a hard teacher. It tests first, and teaches afterward."   01-22-2005, 06:10 PM   #3 (permalink) nmex Junior Member   Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 8 So any idea where to look up varietys/errors of this coin?   01-22-2005, 06:29 PM   #4 (permalink) cdb1950 Senior Member     Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 424 Your 3c nickel is listed in the Cherry Picker's Guide as FS-004.5 and shows a value of $45 in XF, $160 in MS60 with an estimate of 251 to 500 pieces known. Congratulations! __________________ "Experience is a hard teacher. It tests first, and teaches afterward."   01-22-2005, 06:52 PM   #5 (permalink) Conder101 Numismatist   Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 4,446 Very nice, an excellant repunched date and a sper eample of Longacre doubling. The Longacre doubling is commonly seen on the lettering but much less often seen on the devices. __________________ Slab collector and researcher reported as of 12/29/06 132 companies 332 production varieties   01-25-2005, 11:02 PM   #6 (permalink) Aidan Work Numismatist   Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Wellington,New Zealand. Posts: 6,467 Boy,that is a very nice repunched date coin.I have seen a few American 3c. coins,but I have never seen any error 3c. pieces.   01-26-2005, 05:40 PM   #7 (permalink) susanlynn9 Coin Collector     Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,311 I've seen a number of error 3-Cent pieces, but very few that did not show considerable wear. __________________ Susan WINS#482 FLY-IN#1474 EAC#5255 CONECA#N-3902 Education....the key to collector success!   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. « Lincoln Penny Brockage Error??? | 1921-p Vam-39? » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Switch to Linear Mode 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 The lots of my next coin auction rotobeast Coin Chat 10 09-19-2009 02:16 AM 2008 Silver Eagle With 2007 Reverse... Benz Coinz Open 0 08-17-2008 01:46 PM Proof Sets Wanted... Benz Coinz Open 0 07-12-2008 07:53 PM Wanted... Benz Coinz Open 0 07-01-2008 01:45 AM New 20 cent piece Troodon US Coins Forum 43 01-14-2008 06:40 PM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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