Doubling

Isnt she beautiful. Doubling under America, theres doubling in designers name and through out coins....ok, let the response hit the floor

 

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No!

Ah,...No! (Machine doubling/die deterioration is worthless)

It's just another crappy zincoln! But I must say, it does sparkle & shine, doesn't it.

 

It's a MAD, misaligned die strike, see the rim m. It's wide on the left and narrow on the right. It also has plating bubbles on the coin. It was struck from a worn die so the doubling you see adds no value. It does shine so put in a 2 x 2 and save it.

 

My grandson ke err ps all older coins that look good. It keeps him busy.

 

Keeps

 

Not so loud.ssshhhhh

 

I apologize to you Chris. I mean this from my heart

 

Good! Let's try to start over. I don't like holding grudges.

Chris

 

Me either. Im glad we can start over thanks

 

No! Thank you!

Chris

PS. I just thought you'd like to know that my username is my initials followed by a game of pool. I started playing pool in 1956, and it was because I won a Morgan silver dollar while gambling at 9-Ball in 1957 when I was 10 years old that I got started collecting coins.

 

That's cool.i played some pool too.now I can't see the other end of a snooker table.lol

 

My favorite games are One-Pocket and 3-Cushion Billiards. What is yours?

Chris

 

Theres nothing wrog with your user name, i was being petty...thanks for sharing. Again, i am really sorry for my nasty attitude and i appreciate your forgiveness. Have a good day Chris, im glad we have started over

 

I tried 2 play pool and i am NO GOOD. LOL

 

Wow, thats interesting. Do u still have the coin?

 

What year was the coin? Question, If i want to buy old coins, ehere would we go for quality coins and reasonable

 

You have lots of experience in coins. Right?

 

Pool is no different than any other sport. You either have a natural ability for it or you don't. I suck at baseball, football and basketball.

Chris

 

Unfortunately, no! When I was a kid, I gambled a lot playing pool because I was good at it. When I was 10, I was playing 9-Ball with an older teenager, and I won $5. In those days, you didn't throw money on the table because gambling wasn't allowed. When he finally quit, he paid me with four dollar bills and the silver dollar.

I had never seen one before, so I went to the bank where I had a savings account and asked the teller if she had any like it. She spread a bunch of them across the counter, and I took four more with my pool winnings. I rarely lost at pool, so whenever I won more money, I'd go to the bank and get more silver dollars.

By the time I was 16, I had accumulated more than 800 Morgan dollars, but pool was taking up so much of my time that I decided to sell all of them. I didn't return to numismatics until the mid-70's.

Chris

 

I don't remember what year that first Morgan dollar was, but I do remember the year/mintmark of the first one I picked out at the bank. It was an 1893-CC. That was the year that my maternal grandmother was born.

There is so much to learn about numismatics that I don't recommend that any newcomer to the hobby just jump in and start buying. It is too easy to be fooled by improperly cleaned coins, altered coins & counterfeit coins and the premiums you might pay for them may never be recovered.

Also, there is an old adage, "Buy the coin, not the slab!" In other words, you should have a reasonable understanding of the grading process and the premiums associated with them, and this applies to uncertified as well as certified coins.

I don't know where you live, but you might have a local coin show in your area where 30-40 dealers set up to sell coins. There are also larger shows in key cities around the country that will have 1,000+ dealers. If you have any of these shows near you, I'd advise you to go just to look and ask questions if some of the dealers have the time to spend with you. If a dealer seems "bothered" by your questions, move on and (hopefully) find one who has a real love for the hobby. That is where you'll get the best information.

I'm the type of collector who prefers to read the books, first. For the newcomer, I think the two most important books to have in your library are...

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Chris