This is a double struck uncirculated Jefferson nickel

This is a double struck uncirculated Jefferson nickel

 

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NICE MULTIPLE STRIKE. :high5:
A DATE WOULD BE BETTER.
NOT TO TAKE ANTHING FROM A NICE FIND.

 

That is a GREAT find. Wish I could find something like that.

 

Not sure if i would call it "double struck"
multiple strike maybe.

 

i get this coin in 1991

 

Actually, it is called a saddle strike.

Very nice find.

 

It is indeed a saddle strike. The two off-center strikes were delivered simultaneously (in tandem) rather than sequentially. The smaller of the two strikes is also a chain strike (edge-to-edge against another planchet when struck).

 

Mike,

How could both strikes be done simultaneously? If the planchet enters a single striking chamber, then how could this occur unless there are multiple Striking Chambers working off of one single Minting Press??? I have never been to any of the Mints and have only seen a few pictures but thought that only one Minting Press operated only one Striking Chamber! Please enlighten me as I am confused!!!


Frank

 

The coin was struck in a dual or quad press. Such a press features closely spaced die pairs. A planchet can straddle the gap between the two adjacent die pairs, permitting a tandem strike. Saddle strikes can be found in cents, nickels, and dimes beginning in the late 1940s and up until the wholesale adoption of Schuler presses, which operate with a single high-speed die pair. They usually show a head-to-head orientation (as in this nickel), although in some years it was head-to-base.

 

GOOD STUFF :eating:

 

Good info, thanks gentlemen.

 

Thanks Mike, I recognized the saddle strike but I missed the chain strike.

 

So would this be called a 'double struck - saddle struck' coin because of the bend in the middle?

 

A saddle strike doesn't always show the iconic "hump" or "saddle" which is why the name is somewhat of a misnomer. I prefer the name "tandem strike", but we are all constrained by pre-existing terminology.

Some people consider a saddle strike a type of double strike (I do) while others regard it either as a single strike (hard to fathom) or a stand-alone category. In the end, as with all errors, it is what it is.

 

Sorry no full steps lol

 

I' say those of us who consider it to be a single strike is because both images are created by a single cycling of the press. The dies come together on the planchet only once. True it's four dies instead of two but. . . .

 

Nice coin!!!!!

 

That make sense if you equate "strike" with "downstroke". I keep the two concepts separate. A saddle strike involves one downstroke and two strikes. But I'm easy.

 

how can you tell it was a chain strike also?

 

The smaller strike shows a straight edge. That's characteristic of most chain strikes.