update on 2000 wide AM penny

I had the 2000 wide am looked at by a coin dealer. He said that it is definitely double die on the top of the Lincoln Memorial as well as the words E-pluribus and also on the words United States. He has never seen one like that before. He had no idea of what it might be worth because the double die. Anyone on here have a guess or maybe some information?

 

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post pics again...both sides

 

looks like MD to me and if that dealer thought it was a doubled die i'd have sold it to him on the spot...and continued to sell him MD coins every week till he wised up...

 

Ok, lol.

 

It all looks like plating issues to me.
And it's Doubled Die not Double

 

Now that looks like one messed up penny! LOL!!

 

That dealer isn't very smart in this area. I'd prolly steer clear of him in the future.

 

Sheila, don't let that dealer authenticate anything for you. Personally, I'd be leery about buying anything from him.

Chris

 

Shelia, that's a very nice find, just a shame about it's condition. Keep looking.

 

It must be understood that "dealer" is not synonymous with "expert", and this can be particularly true when it comes to more specialized areas such as varieties.

 

The angle was bad and it is the best picture I can get.

 

Did you clean it? The surfaces look different than they did in you thread yesterday. Nice find!

Here's the photo from your old thread.

 

Yes because you couldn't see double die or anything else and I needed to be able to see what was going on with the coin.

 

Yes, I knew that and that is why I am getting as much information as I possibly can from any good sources. Especially from you guys because you guys are very very good at what you do and thank you very much for all your help.

 

Ugh! Bad idea - now you should state that if you are going to sell which might cause people to not even bid. And if there really is any doubling then just MD. Hope the coin dealer didn't charge you for his "expertise" on this coin. Time to find a more knowledgeable coin dealer!

 

If you zoom in it looks like the two T's are handcuffed together.

 

Then that would be a possible die crack - not doubling. The rest would be some MD and some PMD.

 

No charge. He just advised I have it looked at further to see what it may be worth, if anything. He wasn't sure he said because he has never seen that before.