1882 shield nickel, DDO?

hi all,
I have a MS 1882 shield nickel and the motto appears doubled (the whole motto). Maybe it shows up in the attachment.... Any information out there? I don't have a shield nickel book and its not in Cherrypicker's guide.... (nothing on the web either). Thanks all!
andy

 

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I wonder if that could be Longacre Doubling.

 

Looks like Longacre doubling, but not a DDO.

 

Yep - I agree with the others.

 

It looks like Longacre doubling to me too, but if you want an authoritative answer track down forum member "IGWT" on the NGC or PCGS forums -- he's the closest thing to an expert that I'm aware of (and he's a heck of a nice guy to boot)...>Mike

 

If Longacre Doubling means recut letters, then I agree but if it doesn't, then I say it looks like recut letters and a poor job at that. :kewl:

Ribbit

 

I'm more familiar with Longacre doublling on IHCs, but here I see similar outlines around devices. Longacre made the die tools with shoulders that often were transferred to the working dies. See how the outlines close the corners of serifs--that seems a logical place to strengthen the original punch.

Here's a good reference pic by R.S. Cooper:

 

http://www.shieldnickels.net/

 

Hey HT, I don't think they used repunching (which implies a letter punch) this late. Therefore it is either mechanical doubling, a doubled die, or longacre doubling. Of course, I could be incorrect, but I'm not.

 

Thanks for the info

hi all,
as usual, you learn something new every day here on CoinTalk. I really appreciate all of the comments. After reading the replies and other stuff on the Web I buy the Longcare doubling hypothesis. It doesn't look very clean like the IHC example posted but I think the coin has a bit of dirt in some of the devices (I think it is an MS coin though).

regards
andy

 

It is Longacre doubling.It is VERY common on IGWT on the shield nickels.