While going through some mint sets recently I found a Kennedy Half with doubling at the motto. There is nothing in the Cherry Pickers guide and I don't have the capabilty to do close ups for here. So, just wondering if there is anything listed for this anywhere? It is not the typical flat doubling from strike doubling. Thanks for any replies.
No, there are no splits in the serifs. I'm guessing this a marker you are looking for? Part of my problems is not knowing what markers to look for. Thanks.
Well, even if the Cherrypickers' Guide does not have it listed, it may still be a genuine DDO. I just discovered, while looking through Wheat Cents I had marked as "unchecked" in a Ziplock bag, a genuine 1957-D DDO Wheat Cent. It was unlisted in the Cherrypickers' Guide but I had checked previous auctions a month or two before and saw a 1957-D DDO PCGS MS65RD had sold at a nearby auction for somewhere in the range of $30-$40. I suggest you check into local coin auction books or online auctions. GOOD LUCK!
Thanks for the help all. I'll see if anything is on Ebay. I hesitate to send this to a TPG and have it come back as just a BU 63 or so. And that's certainly true about the CPG. It's a help but not all inclusive. But of course, I doubt any volume could include all the many thousands of errors that do exist. Poor Frank Spadone tried it a looong time ago and was considered a losse nut. I enjoyed his book when I was a kid. It's just too bad that no one is willing to invest the time to do a comprehensive volume on each type of coin. I can imagine that many good, legitimate errors have been sold for pennies on the real dollar value because of this. Good news is I did find a listed Lincoln 1972 Doubled die in a roll recently. A minor but still a nice circulation find. And worth a lot more than a cent!
