1964 Kennedy Half

It’s cleaned and trying hard to tone in spite of the cleaning.

 

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Dum de dum dum. Dum dee dum dum dummmm...

 

I have a what i thought was a DD and it was called machine doubling. What exactly does that mean?

 

Machine doubling can be caused by lose mechanical parts in the press.
Machine doubling can be found on all denominations and generally will not add value.

 

Geeez. Lots of testy people today. Yikes. Move along

 

@Spark1951 Slow your roll. I’m trolling tonight and a few thread replies need a need a BEACH Slap

 

Didn’t this just happen @ifthevamzarockin

 

Ok slow lol thanks Spark

 

Ya, know I learned more from my Grandp in 6 years of my life. 7th grade to college, than I think I got out of my own Dad in 34 years.

I just hope it is as classy @-jeffB cackling vulture.

 

Thanks, though how can you tell the difference between a machine doubling and a DD? I have not been doing this long enough to tell. thanks to all who answer!

 

Go to doubleddie.com and read all the sections, especially the section on “worthless doubling”. It explains it there. It even has pictures.

 

Usual explanation is that Machine Doubling looks flat and shelf-like, while Die Deterioration Doubling occurs on both sides of the doubled feature. Neither will show split serifs at the tips of features.

 

For some of us, I think that everyone has to see it for themselves, Go hunt down a Doubled die. One of the easiest to find is a 1995 Lincoln DDO-001. Gems are readily available in the market. Get your eyes on it, look at the photos, train your eye what to look for. RPM's are of the same effect. I cherry picked my first Doubled die it happened to be a 64 Kennedy.
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