NGC does the same thing. There's a list of varieties that are significant enough to be designated. The vast majority of DDOs and RPMs and such are incredibly minor and not really worth bothering with.
True; there are many LMC dds that are not very dramatic. Same goes with some of the doubled ears, like my 2006, just a dot below the earlobe. The iconic ones you can't miss - 1983 ddr, 55', 72' and 95' ddos, to skip a bunch. I still hunt and still get excited when I see a 1972. Have yet to find one myself.
Yes, collectible, but need to be properly attributed. They are not errors. The dies were prepared a certain way, properly struck and released by a mint. Now if you had an off-centered 1918/7 nickel or quarter, then you have an error.
Just becasue and error was made at an earlier stage of the minting process (when dies are being replicated) doesn't mean it was on purpose or desireable. I'm pretty sure the mint tries hard to avoid doubleDD dies.
I've never sent anything to PCGS yet, so when or if I ever do send them any of these "minor" doubleD dies, what does PCGS do? ignore the doubling? or do they actually grade it as a doubleD die but simply never add it to their variety list?
https://www.pcgs.com/varietyfaq The above is the list of varieties they will label as such if they agree. If it isn't you still pay half of the extra fee ( $9) and it is graded as normal nonvariety. Jim
Read the story about the release of the 1955 doubled die cents - they were released on purpose. Still not errors.
Funny, I don't even see Lincoln cents listed in that faq. Was there some other place I was supposed to look at on that page?
Yes, the few cents are listed Fivaz-Stanton in Varieties from the Cherrypickers Guide, Fourth Edition Vol. II and Fifth Edition Vol. I (see list for exclusions). They by no means list the vast majority that Variety Vista and Coppercoins list. Jim
