Flat and shelf like = die deterioration. Same as the dimes you posted. Sorry, but keep up the search.
The prices gotten for this stuff these days makes it worry that I am missing them by default and so I keep anything close to questionable. I have quite the pile now and still no closer to successfully identifying them now then I did when I pulled them long ago.
I thought the same thing. I thought I had the 1969S DDO several times, but was proven wrong. Until one day CRHing a roll of Lincoln cents, I stumbled onto this one. I nearly fell out of the chair. Finally!
You have what looks like Machine doubling. Studying pictures and reading books while looking at a lot of coins over about a year helped me finally get the hang of it but there are still some that are really hard to tell. In this example, comparing another nickel to this one I think you will find that the thickness of the letters is skinnier on the machine doubled one Where as if it was a true double die the letters would be thicker than a normal nickel like Reseland's coin.
I know quite a few members that have had trouble with it. They’re not around here any longer. Let me fire this question off: Where is this doubled die garbage coming from?
Okay, I'll bite. I'm about ready to depart the confines here so I'll ask. 'doubled die garbage'? Could you please be a little more specific as to what kind of answer it is that you seek so that I can attempt an answer from my perspective.
There seems to be cycles where ppl come here and ask about certain types of errors. Normally they associate *any* year/mm with that particular error. So, if you have a 1970 S cent, then ppl directly associate it with the 1970 S Doubled Die coin that they have seen in a youtube video or some website which only shows a regular cent. When, looking at pictures of a DD, it doesn't even come close. Like above, he rec'd a DD in CRH and immediately knew it was DD due to the way it looks. Whereas other ppl just simply do not care, for them if it's a 1970 S then it *must* be DD. But ppl are driven here thinking they had DD coins and are just new to the hobby. The "garbage" is where are ppl reading/ seeing this false information? Although we already know the answer to that. Now it is true that one has to build experience to see the real DDs, but there are many posters who simply refuse to believe any one, and defend their "DD" 'til the end. You may have also read of other forum websites being inundated from all this stuff too.
Excellent response and one that undertook an entirely different direction than the one I thought I read. Guess I'm just in a bad mood today.
Im still learning. I appreciate the help that you well experienced coin collectors give. Your a great bunch!
